[Ramius]

There’s likely some seriously amazing stuff way down under those miles of ice. Volcanic activity... A warm spot... Couldn’t it melt out a gargantuan cathedral type cavity deep below the surface? Or a whole series of them? They’d have strange and ugly concentrations of gases, and liquid water with lord-knows-what chemistry happening in there. Life? Maybe?

I’m also curious to see what sorts of critters might be living in that huge lake that’s been cut off from the rest of the world for millions of years, covered by miles of ice.

[PapaBear3625]

I’m also curious to see what sorts of critters might be living in that huge lake that’s been cut off from the rest of the world for millions of years, covered by miles of ice.

Discovery.com had an article in 2012 on the odd critters inhabiting the antarctic hot springs, with pics.

[SunkenCiv]

Lake Vostok? The Russians contaminated it while trying to get a pristine sample, brilliant freakin’ work.

That “cathedral” idea is highly intriguing btw.

[Hot Tabasco]

I’m also curious to see what sorts of critters might be living in that huge lake that’s been cut off from the rest of the world for millions of years, covered by miles of ice.

Once the word gets out that there's jumbo perch down there, it'll be swarming with ice fishermen and their gas powered augers.......