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Re:After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake by ComputerGuru on Monday February 06, 2012 @05:07PM (#3559420)
Specialists [..] predict they will find “the only giant super-clean water system on the planet.” The pristine water will be “twice cleaner than double-distilled water,” they believe.

Can anyone shed light on this claim? I understand why it would be clear of pollution, waste, germs, etc. but is there any particular reason it would not contain salts, minerals, etc?

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Re:After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake by Lazare on Monday February 06, 2012 @07:33PM (#3559898)
I think it's almost obligatory to link A Colder War every time this story comes up: http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm

(Warning: Creepy.)

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Re:After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake by samstave on Monday February 06, 2012 @12:34PM (#3558276)
Why did it take 30 years to dig 4km?
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Re:After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake by jameskilton on Monday February 06, 2012 @01:00PM (#3558421)
It's explained quite well in the article. It took that long for the technology to come along that ensures we don't pollute this pristine ecosystem when we breach.
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Re:After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake by TNO on Monday February 06, 2012 @12:59PM (#3558413)
Better article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12275979
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Re:After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake by cperciva on Monday February 06, 2012 @01:28PM (#3558543)
Because for the first two decades they were there, they didn't know a lake existed and they weren't drilling.
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Re:After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake by alantrick on Monday February 06, 2012 @01:03PM (#3558432)
Days later, a husky is seen running in the snow from a helicopter.
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Re:After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake by LearnYouALisp on Monday February 06, 2012 @01:50PM (#3558650)
Sorry, could you explain that?
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Re:After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake by mih on Monday February 06, 2012 @02:00PM (#3558688)
I think it's a reference to the opening scene of the movie 'The Thing' starring Kurt Russell. (Spoiler: It's about an alien lifeform which start infecting researchers at a polar research station)
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Re:After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake by squid_ca on Monday February 06, 2012 @01:51PM (#3558652)
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!
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