The British Antarctic survey team had hoped to bore through 1.8 miles of ice using near-boiling water to pierce Lake Ellsworth, untouched for around half a million years.
In one of the most ambitious British scientific projects in recent times, the hope had been to investigate early life forms in extreme conditions of pressure and temperature. The findings could have contributed to life theories on distant planets and moons, such as Jupiter's natural satellite Europa. The team had also intended to chart the continent's past climates via the lake's sediments.
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