Researchesr beleve they may have found another lake beneath Antarctica's ice sheath.(Photo: Korovin, Getty Images/iStockphoto)
A massive newly discovered lake may lie below the surface of Antarctica’s ice sheet, according to researchers.
A team of researchers used satellite images showing grooves in the ice to infer that a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>large lake was beneath the ice,
<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Martin Siegert of Imperial College London told New Scientist. <span style="color: Red;">*</span>Though not as large as Lake Vostok, which is Antarctica’s deepest and largest subsurface lake, it is likely a close second, researchers said during the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna,
New Scientist<span style="color: Red;">*</span>reported.
“We’ve seen these strange, linear channels on the surface, and are inferring these are above massive, 1000-kilometer-long channels, and there’s a relatively large subglacial lake there too,” Siegert told
New Scientist.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
Researchers believe subglacial lakes may harbor organisms that have remained undisturbed beneath the ice sheath for millions of years.
While it's still uncertain<span style="color: Red;">*</span>whether the lake actually lies beneath the surface, researchers are expected to pour over data in May, which will confirm whether or not it exists.
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