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Drill reaches Antarctica's under-ice Lake Whillans [View all]
Source: BBC
28 January 2013 Last updated at 11:12 GMT
Drill reaches Antarctica's under-ice Lake Whillans
By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent
An American attempt to bore down into Lake Whillans, a body of water buried almost 1km under the Antarctic ice, has achieved its aim.
Scientists reported on Sunday that sensors on their drill system had noted a change in pressure, indicating contact had been made with the lake.
A camera was then sent down to verify the breakthrough.
The Whillans project is one of a number of such ventures trying to investigate Antarctica's buried lakes.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21231380
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