Two new lakes found beneath Antarctic ice sheet

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Figure 1: MODIS satellite image showing location of Sovetskaya Antarctic research station and 909576E Lake in relation to Lake Vostok. Detail of area in the white box is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 1: MODIS satellite image showing location of Sovetskaya Antarctic research station and 90╨E Lake in relation to Lake Vostok. Detail of area in the white box is shown in Figure 2.

The Earth Institute at Columbia University--Lying beneath more than two miles of Antarctic ice, Lake Vostok may be the best-known and largest subglacial lake in the world, but it is not alone down there. Scientists have identified more than 145 other lakes trapped under the ice. Until now, however, none have approached Vostok's size or depth.


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