It could be that a geothermal spring under the lake is what causing it to be warm and the magnetic anomaly just a large ore deposit? Without knowing exactly what the temp is or the type of magnetic anomaly it is hard to guess. I wonder what is going on down there as well. It would be cool if there were live cam feeds.

I bumped an old thread a few months ago. It got too cold, so they stopped.

Note: there are many other lacked in Antarctica which are / will also be drilled by UK / USA / China etc

It's coming into winter in the Southern Hemisphere. I wouldn't expect to hear anything until at least Nov'

I am pretty sure they are waiting for the hole they drilled to re-freeze, then they will retrieve the core sample in Aug/Sept?. time frame.

Once they have the sample they will test for microbes and bacteria in the frozen lake water.

Just have to wait and see.

If I remember correctly, the actual breakthrough was postponed. . .then again, I could just be "remembering" the events well, incorrectly.

Originally posted by bowtomonkey
I bumped an old thread a few months ago. It got too cold, so they stopped.

Note: there are many other lacked in Antarctica which are / will also be drilled by UK / USA / China etc

It's coming into winter in the Southern Hemisphere. I wouldn't expect to hear anything until at least Nov'

I'm not saying your wrong, but what sense would it make for the scientists to go down there and drill right when winter is approaching? Sounds like a convenient excuse to put the lid on this story, also what happened in that 5 days that nobody heard from the scientist's? It seems typical that there are alway's more questions than answers when it comes to these anomalous cases.

They had a window of time before winter came on too strong.. they missed that window and postponed the break through and had to leave the site before conditions were too harsh.. that's how I remember it anyway.

I don't know why this is in skunk works. The official story is they were able to drill through and take a small sample. They will return in a few months when it gets warmer to take more samples.

There are other countries using more advanced tech who are also within a few months of a break. I'm not sure why the Russian's risked using thousands of gallons of kerosene near this pristine lake just to be the first to take a sample. I find it totally strange why there wasn't an outrage over this use of chemicals.

BTW: When the Russians were drilling, there happened to be a global warming trip of some type with Al Gore and Richard Branson in antarctica.

Apart from the potential viril issue, another nonconfirmed claim also went that there was "Something" lurking in the lake, that, it was claimed, snatched one of the divers, that appaently(According to the story) shouted to the staff on land, that; "It's horrible! This thing is huge!- I don't got a chance!" and, "Don't come down here!!" before he screamed and the communication was lost.

Could be a pure urban legend, but that is how the story goes.

There was news from Russia that the scientist that drilled Lake Vostok gave Putin a glass of water from it but he did not drink it.

I am guessing they broke through and are analyzing samples, will take years if there are new organisms or oil......

I think it's interesting that scientists claim Antartica has been covered with ice for millions of years, but then we have artifacts, such as the Piri Reis map, which show its shoreline in great detail.

I have a friend in Hollywood. I told him this subject would make a great movie for the SciFi Channel. A team of Russians, and a super-hot female American scientist (who always wears skintight jumpsuits), who in the end kills the beast-from-the-deep with a gigantic flamethrower (phallus)... At least she thought she did... But he passed on the idea... Or did he?...

Financialy the world is on its knees, people are homeles and starving yet they continue with these projects. Its quite obvious there is more to these projects than we'll ever be told.

Originally posted by Nightchild
Apart from the potential viril issue, another nonconfirmed claim also went that there was "Something" lurking in the lake, that, it was claimed, snatched one of the divers, that appaently(According to the story) shouted to the staff on land, that; "It's horrible! This thing is huge!- I don't got a chance!" and, "Don't come down here!!" before he screamed and the communication was lost.

Could be a pure urban legend, but that is how the story goes.

couldnt you at least put up a link to wherever you got this from???
where did you read the story?

Originally posted by jaws1975

Originally posted by bowtomonkey
I bumped an old thread a few months ago. It got too cold, so they stopped.

Note: there are many other lacked in Antarctica which are / will also be drilled by UK / USA / China etc

It's coming into winter in the Southern Hemisphere. I wouldn't expect to hear anything until at least Nov'

I'm not saying your wrong, but what sense would it make for the scientists to go down there and drill right when winter is approaching? Sounds like a convenient excuse to put the lid on this story, also what happened in that 5 days that nobody heard from the scientist's? It seems typical that there are alway's more questions than answers when it comes to these anomalous cases.

I have my suspicions as well, but the period of good weather is short. 3-4 months I think. You can search the topic here. There are two threads with a lot of information, and as I said, I bumped one of them, so this same topic has been rechecked. There are well informed contributors.

The 5 days, was explained as "no they weren't gone, just had some bad weather"

I'm being careful not to let a fantasy get the better of me.