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The project took observations from 2003 through 2006 of the Whillans and Mercer Ice Streams, two of the fast-moving glaciers that carry ice from the Antarctic interior to the floating ice sheet that covers parts of the Ross Sea.
Space Lasers Detect Big Lakes Under Antarctica | Impact Lab 2007
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"They have broken through the ice, opened a window to that world, so we can all more or less follow suit and now do some real science," said John Priscu, a scientist with the U.S. Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling WISSARD mission.
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"They have broken through the ice, opened a window to that world, so we can all more or less follow suit and now do some real science," said John Priscu, a scientist with the U.S. Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling WISSARD mission.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Reuters 2012
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John Priscu, of Montana State University and leader of the US expedition to Whillans, has studied lakes in Antarctica for more than 30 years.
The Guardian World News Alok Jha 2012
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Both will also head to the bottom of the world in the next Antarctic summer from mid-October this year until February; the British team to lake Ellsworth, the Americans to lake Whillans.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Reuters 2012
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The Americans plan to use a hot water jet to penetrate 800 metres of ice early next year to reach the two-mile long Lake Whillans.
The Guardian World News Alok Jha 2012
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Both will also head to the bottom of the world in the next Antarctic summer from mid-October this year until February; the British team to lake Ellsworth, the Americans to lake Whillans.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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Both will also head to the bottom of the world in the next Antarctic summer from mid-October this year until February; the British team to lake Ellsworth, the Americans to lake Whillans.
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"They have broken through the ice, opened a window to that world, so we can all more or less follow suit and now do some real science," said John Priscu, a scientist with the U.S. Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling WISSARD mission.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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Ewan Whillans, the horse's jockey was banned for 42 days, and the horse was banned from racing for 40 days.
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