Team drilling through ice (IMAGE) University of Hawaii at Manoa Caption In June 2015, a team led by Gaidos used hot water to melt a hole through 250 meters of ice to sample a lake beneath a glacier in Iceland. Credit Eric Gaidos Usage Restrictions Images may only be used with appropriate caption and credit License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.