Averaging at least 1. 6 km thick, the ice is so massive that it has depressed the continental bedrock in some areas more than 2. 5 km below sea level ; subglacial lakes of liquid water also occur ( e. g., Lake Vostok ).

* In pockets of liquid water within and under the ice caps, similar to Lake Vostok in Antarctica.

Lake Vostok is located at the southern Pole of Cold, beneath Russia's Vostok Station under the surface of the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is at above mean sea level.

Location of Lake Vostok in East Antarctica

The Lake Vostok basin is a small ( 50 km / 30 mi wide ) tectonic feature within the overall setting of a several hundred kilometer wide continental collision zone between the Gamburtsev Mountain Range, a subglacial mountain range and the Dome C region.

Lake Vostok is an oligotrophic extreme environment, one that is expected to be supersaturated with nitrogen and oxygen, measuring 2. 5 liters of nitrogen and oxygen per of water, that is 50 times higher than those typically found in ordinary freshwater lakes on Earth.

The sheer weight and pressure around 345, 60 bar ( 5143 psi ) of the continental ice cap on top of Lake Vostok is believed to contribute to the high gas concentration.

These structures form at the high-pressure depths of Lake Vostok and would become unstable if brought to the surface.

Any confirmation of life in Lake Vostok could strengthen the prospect for the presence of life on icy moons.

Sediments on its floor should give clues to its long-term climate, and isotopes in its water are expected to help glaciologists determine how and when subglacial lakes such as Lake Vostok form.

Scientists of the United States National Research Council have taken the position that it should be assumed that microbial life exists in Lake Vostok and that after such a long isolation, any life forms in the lake require strict protection from contamination.

The original drilling technique employed by the Russians involved the use of Freon and kerosene to lubricate the borehole and prevent it from collapsing and freezing over ; 60 tons of these chemicals have been used thus far on the ice above Lake Vostok.

The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition has argued that this manner of drilling is a profoundly misguided step which endangers Lake Vostok itself and also other subglacial lakes in Antarctica ( which some scientists are convinced are inter-linked with Lake Vostok ).

The coalition has asserted that " it would be far preferable to join with other countries to penetrate a smaller and more isolated lake before re-examining whether penetration of Lake Vostok is environmentally defensible.

* About Lake Vostok

* " Lake Vostok: A Curiosity or a Focus for Interdisciplinary Study?

* Video documentary on Lake Vostok

simple: Lake Vostok

* Lake Vostok, a subglacial lake in Antarctica, located beneath Vostok Station

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