Retrieving First Water Sample from Lake Whillans (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Retrieving First Water Sample from Lake Whillans

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Brent C. Christner (right), of Lousiana State University, and Alex Michaud, a graduate student at Montana State University, retrieve the first water sample from Antarctica's subglacial Lake Whillans.

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Reed Scherer, Northern Illinois University

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