The moment that many in the Earth science community have been waiting for has come. Actually, it occurred over the weekend: On Sunday, February 5 at approximately 11:25 am ET, a Russian drill broke through to a prehistoric subglacial lake located more than 2 miles below the surface of Antarctica, Russian state news outlet Ria Novosti reported.
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