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Published online 9 July 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040705-9
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Lake Vostok map forces exploration rethink
Untouched Antarctic lake has two basins - and maybe two ecosystems.
Plans to drill into Lake Vostok, an underground Antarctic lake thought to have been isolated for 20 million years, could be revised after researchers revealed that it may contain two distinct ecosystems.
The first detailed map of Vostok's bed shows that the 240 km-long lake comprises two deep basins divided by a ridge1.
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