A Lake Sealed Under Ice for 15 Million Years Has Life In It

追加: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Beneath 4 km of Antarctic ice, there is a liquid lake the size of Lake Ontario.

[00:00:06]And it has been completely sealed from the outside world for around 15 million years.

[00:00:12]Scientists drilled through in 2012 and found the water was under enormous pressure, kept liquid by geothermal heat from below.

[00:00:21]When they analyzed the ice samples, they detected microbial DNA.

[00:00:27]We have no idea what has been evolving down there, completely alone for longer than modern humans have existed. That lake might be the closest thing to an alien ocean we will ever find on Earth.