Lake Ellsworth in Antarctica - a subglacial lake.

The subglacial lake, Lake Ellsworth is located in Ellsworth Land, West Antarctica under approximately 3.4 km of ice. Lake Ellsworth is approximately 10 km long and is estimated to be tens of meters in depth.

Claimed a territory of the United States in 1929 and 1935 by Antarctic explorers, Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd and Lincoln Ellsworth, The United States Trust Territory of Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land was organized in 2008 and 2009. The United States Trust Territory of Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land comprises of the land area in Western Antarctica that extends between 90 degrees West and 150 degrees West on the Antarctic continent

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[Boomer1941]

So what was this?

[dizzo95]

@Boomer1941 Lake Ellsworth is a liquid lake 1000s of feet below the Antarctic ice sheet and apparently there are rivers of flowing water under the ice sheet - West Antarctica has a number of volcanoes so I guess it is geothermal enregy that keeps the lake above freezing - amazing they did say there was algae ( life ) in the lake - they also found a krill ( small shrimp ) in there also

[petrosspetrosgali]

So they're wondering if life can exist in that subglacial lake, as they are taking algae samples??? WTF

[Iimaekwi]

@basmikiemike i lost it when i heard that

[jillianski2go]

The melting point of water is close to 0 degrees C at 1 atmospheric pressure (at Earth's surface)... but this is not the case under the glacial ice.

[basmikiemike]

60 degrees below Fahrenheit.......does he mean 60 below zero fahrenheit????

[TVWriterGuy]

Beautiful footage.