"vast" amounts of water on Mars pole!!

I know it's been over 12 hours but heres the link www.reuters.com...;jsessionid=WXKU2XGEW1RDOCRBAEKSFEY?type=scienceNews&storyID=4590883 ......... sorry

LONDON (Reuters) - Spectral images from the European Space Agency's Mars Express Orbiter show there is plenty of icy water at the southern pole of Mars, French scientists said Wednesday.

Weeks after NASA's Mars rovers uncovered evidence of water on the Red Planet, images from the OMEGA instrument aboard the Mars Express indicate its southern pole has three distinct areas containing water ice.

I think it is no surprise that vast amounts of water ice are being "confirmed" at both poles really. But so what, who wants to live at the poles! It is more interesting to find usable water at the so-called "temperate" latitudes. Now that would be a nice discovery.