[PJ-Comix]

I'm thinking that the most realistic theory so far presented is that they drilled through to the under the ice lake and the water pressure sent a tower of water up that covered the scientists and froze them like human Popsicles.

It could be that we won't find out for sure until AFTER the Antarctic winter late this year.

[aruanan]

I'm thinking that the most realistic theory so far presented is that they drilled through to the under the ice lake and the water pressure sent a tower of water up that covered the scientists and froze them like human Popsicles.

The first thought I had was of some out-gassing episode, such as what happened at a couple of lakes in Africa. If a lake is isolated from the atmosphere that long, there could be a huge amount of CO2 dissolved in the water from subterranean sources. Remove the pressure and pop goes the CO2 and everyone is asphyxiated and then frozen like human Popsicles.

[aruanan]

I'm thinking that the most realistic theory so far presented is that they drilled through to the under the ice lake and the water pressure sent a tower of water up that covered the scientists and froze them like human Popsicles.

For instance, CO2 in Lake Nyos and methane in Lake Tanganyika.

[DManA]

How about this idea? Another post talked about a “large magnetic anomaly” that and the fact that there’s liquid water there tells me there is magma down there. Where there’s magma there are gasses.

They opened up a hole and suffocating gasses came out and killed them in seconds.

[IMR 4350]

The hole was full of kerosene so they may have been cooked before they were frozen.

[Sequoyah101]

And I’m thinking they have no blowout preventers, drilled into the liquid lake, found it to be saturated with methane and some H2S, the well blew out caused a rather large accident.

It’s not like the place is on the moon. In the last 6 days they could have either flow over the place, tasked a satellite or just gone there. Geeesh, drama for the sake of drama.

[perchprism]

“I’m thinking that the most realistic theory so far presented is that they drilled through to the under the ice lake and the water pressure sent a tower of water up that covered the scientists and froze them like human Popsicles”.

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An even more likely theory is that something was disturbed from its 20 million year slumber. Once awakened, its first thought was to satisfying its enormous hunger. Those Russian scientists probably have been consumed, and the Creature From the Deep is again on the prowl.