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    • Lake Whillans 800 metres under an Antarctic glacier.
    Rights: Dr Alberto Behar, JPL/ASU Published 25 March 2013 Size: 200 KB Referencing Hub media

    What 150 mm of Lake Whillans looks like 800 metres under an Antarctic glacier. It’s not much, but it is home to an array of microbes.

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      Life under ice

      Microbial life has been found in a lake trapped under 800 metres of ice on the edge of the Ross Ice shelf in Antarctica. The large wetland ecosystem found in Lake Whillans, a 60 km2 body of ...

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