Researchers, some of them in San Diego, have recovered lake sediment samples from an Antarctic lake that’s sealed under 3,500 feet of ice.

In January 2013, researchers pulled the first water samples from a dark, frigid lake sealed beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Within hours, they announced they had found live cells in the water (SN ...

Antarctica may be hiding a large lake under its ice – second only to Lake Vostok in size ­– according to data presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna this week.

Researchers exploring a buried lake "twice the size of Manhattan" drilled through 3,500 feet of ice to learn more about the mysterious body of water — and made a stunning discovery along the way.

For the first time, scientists believe they have collected life-forms from deep under the Antarctic ice. Last week, a team found and collected microbes in a lake hidden under more than a half-mile ...

A confirmed Antarctic lake hidden deep under the ice was discovered in the 1990s. Lake Vostok has been encased in four kilometres of ice for millions of years.

Researchers found ancient river-carved plains beneath East Antarctica that may help slow ice loss and improve sea-level rise ...

By Elizabeth Howell, OurAmazingPlanet A new type of microbe has been found at a lake buried under Antarctica's thick ice, according to news reports. The find may unveil clues of the surrounding ...

For years scientists believed these liquid waterways were down there and now they have proof.

Antarctica is also home to over 400 subglacial lakes. The largest, Lake Vostok , lies under 2.5 miles (4 km) of ice near Russia's Vostok Station. "And what's in there?

Opening a scientific frontier miles under the Antarctic ice, Russian experts drilled down and finally reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake, an achievement the mission chief likened to ...