Researchers work with drilling apparatus at the Vostok camp in Antarctica in this January 16, 2006 handout photograph. Russian scientists are close to drilling into the prehistoric sub-glacier Lake Vostok, which has been trapped under Antarctic ice for 14 million years. Picture taken January 16, 2006. REUTERS/Alexey Ekaikin/Handou
Researchers work with drilling apparatus at the Vostok camp in Antarctica in this January 16, 2006 handout photograph. Russian scientists are close to drilling into the prehistoric sub-glacier Lake Vostok, which has been trapped under Antarctic ice for 14 million years. Picture taken January 16, 2006. REUTERS/Alexey Ekaikin/Handou