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Originally broadcast live on Tuesday, May 28, 2002
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An international panel of scientists will discuss research
conducted at Lake Vostok in Antarctica during a press conference
on Tuesday, May 28, as part of the American Geophysical Union's
2002 Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C. The panel includes
Robin Bell of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
and John Priscu of Montana State University -- two U.S. scientists
funded by the National Science Foundation -- as well as Jean
Robert Petit of France's Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique
de l'Environnement du CNRS and Sergei Bulat of Russia's Petersburg
Nuclear Physics Institute.
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Lake Vostok, a body of water roughly the size
of one of North America's Great Lakes, is located approximately four
kilometers [2.4 miles] below the surface of Antarctica's continental
ice sheet. Scientists are interested in the geophysics of the lake
and whether it contains microscopic life. This information will be
critical in deciding how to explore Lake Vostok's waters without contaminating
them. Understanding the geophysics of the lake, and how to safely
explore it, could aid the eventual exploration of a presumed ice-covered
ocean on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
NSF, as manager of the U.S. Antarctic Program, coordinates U.S. research
in Antarctica.
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed
by the speakers are their own, and do not necessarily represent the
official views, opinions, or policy of the National Science Foundation.
Lake Vostok
Antarctica
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