Background for Lake Vostok Press Conference, May 28, 2002
NSF press releases and fact sheets
about Lake Vostok
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/02/pr0247.htm
Three Nations Agree to Share Ice Core
That May Yield Clues About Nature
of Lake Vostok
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=103062
Fact Sheet: Lake Vostok
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/02/pr0219.htm
Researchers Describe Overall Water
Balance in Subglacial Lake Vostok
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/press/01/pr0194.htm
Water, Sediments in Ice-Bound Antarctic
Lakes May Harbor Unique Microorganisms,
Ecosystems
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/press/99/pr9972.htm
Bacteria May Thrive in Antarctic Lake
Fact sheets on the U.S. Antarctic Program
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100855
Significant U.S. Science Discoveries
from Antarctica
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=102878
Scientific Logistics at the Poles
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=102869
U.S. Antarctic Program
Background materials and reports about
Lake Vostok
NSF's Office of Polar Programs has
established a committee to study the
possible scientific exploration of
subglacial Antarctic lakes. Read the
committee's charge at:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/subglclk.jsp
The international Scientific Committee
on Antarctic Research maintains a
site on the exploration of subglacial
lakes at:
http://salegos-scar.montana.edu/
Read a report on an NSF-funded 1998
workshop, "Lake Vostok: A Curiosity
or a Focus for Interdisciplinary Study?"
at:
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/vostok/
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