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Published online 16 July 2008 | Nature 454, 258-259 (2008) | doi:10.1038/454258a
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Russia delays Lake Vostok drill
Antarctica's hidden water will keep its secrets for another year.
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Russia is postponing its controversial plans to drill into Antarctica's sub-glacial Lake Vostok. Russian scientists now hope to start probing the pristine environment almost 4,000 metres below the East Antarctic ice sheet in the 2009–10 drilling season.
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