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Lake Vostok Resources

May 2002

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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Map of Antarctica and Lake Vostok

Antarctica's Lake Vostok (circled)

 

 
 
     
 

 
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