Scientists thought the lake, buried deep beneath the ice, was frozen. They were wrong.
What would you expect to find within a permanently frozen Antarctic lake? As if the name Lake Enigma wasn’t mysterious enough, polar scientists have just discovered unique microbial groups living their best lives beneath its icy surface.
During the summers of 2019 and 2020, the team—including researchers from the Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council of Italy —discovered, to their surprise, that the lake was not fully frozen. Using ground-penetrating radars, they found a layer of water with a maximum depth of 39.4 feet about 36 feet below the icy surface.
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