LAKE VOSTOK

Lake Vostok is the most recent mystery coming from Antarctica, and the whole world probably, as there is possibility for some revolutionary revelations. Scientists believe that in the lake under the ice surface there are some species that have survived 15 billions years. However, these species would be something that the world has never seen before, as they would have developed under complete darkness.

Vostok is the largest of hundreds of lakes that sit under the thick layer of ice on the Antarctic continent and Russian scientists have been drilling through the ice towards the lake for several decades.

   Lake Vostok research camp in Antarctica. Examining any life
    forms found in the lake – most likely to be very simple
       organisms if they exist – would shed light on the
 evolution of life on Earth

They think the lake might be a haven for so-called "extremophiles" – bacteria and other single-celled organisms that have evolved to live in conditions in which other life forms would struggle to survive, such as darkness, or extreme temperatures, or salinity.

Examining any life forms found in the Vostok – most likely to be very simple organisms if they exist – would shed light on the evolution of life on Earth and, possibly, tell scientists about the potential for life elsewhere in our solar system.

The researchers are close to obtaining a water sample, so we should wait for the results.

This is a very interesting discovery made by our scientists. Though it is not as mysterious as the other spots, then too it may help in putting light on how earth has evolved from the past millions of years!