Open AccessRESEARCH FOCUS: A wide variety of unique environments beneath the Antarctic ice sheet
Author(s) -
Martín J. Siegert
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609
H-Index - 215
eISSN - 1943-2682
pISSN - 0091-7613
DOI - 10.1130/focus052016.1
Subject(s) - geology , antarctic ice sheet , ice sheet , oceanography , earth science , physical geography , climate change , ice stream , focus (optics) , paleontology , cryosphere , sea ice , geography , physics , optics
It is 20 years since subglacial Lake Vostok in central East Antarctica was found to be one of the world’s largest freshwater bodies ([Kapitsa et al., 1996][1]). It was hypothesized to be both an ancient, extreme yet viable environment for microbial life, and a recorder of past climate change.
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