Russian scientists seeking Lake Vostok lost in frozen 'Land of the Lost'? Read

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A group of Russian scientists plumbing the frozen Antarctic in search of a lake buried in ice for tens of millions of years have failed to respond to increasingly anxious U.S. colleagues -- and as the days creep by, the fate of the team remains unknown.
"No word from the ice for 5 days," Dr. John Priscu -- professor of ecology at Montana State University and head of a similar Antarctic exploration program -- told FoxNews.com via email.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/02/russian-scientists-lost-in-frozen-land-lost/?intcmp=features#ixzz1lNPmJj5S

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Turns out, the expedition was a success..

After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have confirmed that they reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2095193/Lake-Vostok-Russian-scientists-confirm-triumph-drilling-successful-Antarctica.html#ixzz1lqWsbvRK

Read more about this buried lake here..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vostok
Incredible! From the pictures, it looks like they found something..If they find The Thing...they definitely need to leave it alone.