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Russian team drills into Antarctic lake

By New York Times

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  February 09, 2012

In the coldest spot on the earth’s coldest continent, Russian scientists have reached a freshwater lake the size of Lake Ontario after spending a decade drilling through more than two miles of solid ice, the scientists said yesterday.

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