Beerball Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 link The explorers now face the question: How do we go where no one has gone before without spoiling it or bringing back some foreign virus? "I feel very excited but once we do it there is no going back," Alexei Ekaikin, a scientist with the expedition said from Vostok Station. "Once you touch it, it will be touched forever." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 So did they make it? The article says they had to finish by the 6th. And is this where the mysterious virus that wipes out 90% of man comes from like we see in all those end of the world movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 So did they make it? The article says they had to finish by the 6th. And is this where the mysterious virus that wipes out 90% of man comes from like we see in all those end of the world movies? Good question! They came up 30 meters short...sorry should have checked on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) Good question! They came up 30 meters short...sorry should have checked on that. So another 6 months or so till we can get Lake Vostok bottled water (only $99.95 per bottle). Edited February 8, 2011 by Booster4324 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 very cool maybe better said as very cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 The borehole is filled with kerosene and freon to keep it from freezing. So when they do bore thru, they contaminate the lake? That makes a lot of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I used to have a girlfriend whose borehole I always hoped would freeze shut. I was never that lucky. I should have sent her to Antarctica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullpen Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I used to have a girlfriend whose borehole I always hoped would freeze shut. I was never that lucky. I should have sent her to Antarctica. Aaaand we have a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 The borehole is filled with kerosene and freon to keep it from freezing. So when they do bore thru, they contaminate the lake? That makes a lot of sense. Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 The borehole is filled with kerosene and freon to keep it from freezing. So when they do bore thru, they contaminate the lake? That makes a lot of sense. Kerosene and freon? To Russians, that's not contamination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 The borehole is filled with kerosene and freon to keep it from freezing. So when they do bore thru, they contaminate the lake? That makes a lot of sense. There has to be kind of seal? Did you catch how they got the Lost Squadron (P-38's) out of the ice in Greenland... IMO, that was pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 There has to be kind of seal? Did you catch how they got the Lost Squadron (P-38's) out of the ice in Greenland... IMO, that was pretty cool! Got any links to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 link Why not save the time and effort and wait for global warming to melt the ice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Isnt that where they put the blob to keep it frozen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Wonder how the ice fishing will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Got any links to that? link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assquatch Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 "I feel very excited but once we do it there is no going back," Mark Sanchez, a quarterback with the New York Jets said from Jersey Station. "Once you touch it, it will be touched forever." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 And the Cthulhu Mythos will be complete. "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" "In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) Got any links to that? Al Gore would be very mad if I Googled it for you! Between 1942 and the early 1990's (when it was recovered piece by piece)... It seems that over 33 stories of ice (268') had formed over the planes! Wait a second, I though the earth was getting warmer and Greenlnad melting away... Here you go anyway! ;-p Edited February 11, 2011 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 And the Cthulhu Mythos will be complete. "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" "In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming." Embracing our inner nerd, are we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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