PROSPECTS FOR LIFE IN THE SUBGLACIAL LAKE VOSTOK, EAST ANTARCTICA

PROSPECTS FOR LIFE IN THE SUBGLACIAL LAKE VOSTOK, EAST ANTARCTICA

The objective was to estimate the genuine microbial content of ice samples from refrozen water (accretion ice) from the subglacialLakeVostok(Antarctica) buried beneath the 4-km thick East Antarctic ice sheet as well as surface snow nearby Vostok station. The lake ice samples were extracted by heavy...

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Main Authors: S. A. Bulat, D. Marie, J.-R. Petit
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Nauka 2015-11-01
Series:Lëd i Sneg
Subjects:
accretion ice
antarctic ice sheet
chemolithoautotrophs
extreme environment
hydrogenophilus thermoluteolus
life detection
subglacial aquatic environments
Online Access:https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/211

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