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Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that's dying of curiosity about what's in Lake Vostok. Where's that, you might ask? And why does that name sound familiar?
We love extreme weather stuff, and we've written about the Russian research station known as Vostok, which is where the coldest temperatures on Earth have been recorded (-128) and which is located, of course, in Antarctica. On the surface, that is. About 2 miles below Vostok is Lake Vostok, which Russian scientists reached over the weekend after drilling down 12,366 feet.
Holy crap! What, do they think Jim Morrison is down there or something? We admit it's kinda cool to access a body of water the size of Lake Ontario that hasn't seen light or air for somewhere between 15 and 34 million years, according to this NY Times article we're looking at. But what a hassle to get to! What are they hoping to find, we wonder?
(sound of reading)
Ah, OK: They're hoping to find microbes.
zzzzzzz
We jest, of course. We're sure the discovery of microbes will be interesting. And they may find other stuff, too — perhaps even a few surprises like:
> A box of Grape Nuts
> An electric shark!
> Jimmy Hoffa
> An honest man
> An orca with laser-beam eyes!
> Nuclear penguins
> Talking/smart-ass leopard seals
> Singing microbes
... the list goes on.
Speaking of Antarctica, we know just the person to ask about Lake Vostok: Elizabeth Traver. She's a research scientist who's spent a lot of time in Antarctica, and she'll be at CMC in Breck Friday night for a presentation about, y'know, science-y things in Antarctica. See page 6 today for more deets and get on over there to grill her about ... electric sharks 2 miles below Antarctica! Starring Brendan Fraser and Jean-Claude Van Damme!
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So lately we've been running pictures of people's bruises under the “Bruise-A-Palooza” title. Someone sent us another picture of their bruised ass, which we're disinclined to run just, well, because. Anyway, we've seen enough bruises — now we want to see your classic, most awesome concert ticket stubs. Did you see the Beatles at Red Rocks in 1964? The Dead at McNichol's in '79? We want to see the stub! Send your best one or two stubs to us at summitup@summitdaily.com and we'll get 'em in.
Gotsta run. Happy Thursday, Summit County!
We out.
We love extreme weather stuff, and we've written about the Russian research station known as Vostok, which is where the coldest temperatures on Earth have been recorded (-128) and which is located, of course, in Antarctica. On the surface, that is. About 2 miles below Vostok is Lake Vostok, which Russian scientists reached over the weekend after drilling down 12,366 feet.
Holy crap! What, do they think Jim Morrison is down there or something? We admit it's kinda cool to access a body of water the size of Lake Ontario that hasn't seen light or air for somewhere between 15 and 34 million years, according to this NY Times article we're looking at. But what a hassle to get to! What are they hoping to find, we wonder?
(sound of reading)
Ah, OK: They're hoping to find microbes.
zzzzzzz
We jest, of course. We're sure the discovery of microbes will be interesting. And they may find other stuff, too — perhaps even a few surprises like:
> A box of Grape Nuts
> An electric shark!
> Jimmy Hoffa
> An honest man
> An orca with laser-beam eyes!
> Nuclear penguins
> Talking/smart-ass leopard seals
> Singing microbes
... the list goes on.
Speaking of Antarctica, we know just the person to ask about Lake Vostok: Elizabeth Traver. She's a research scientist who's spent a lot of time in Antarctica, and she'll be at CMC in Breck Friday night for a presentation about, y'know, science-y things in Antarctica. See page 6 today for more deets and get on over there to grill her about ... electric sharks 2 miles below Antarctica! Starring Brendan Fraser and Jean-Claude Van Damme!
***
So lately we've been running pictures of people's bruises under the “Bruise-A-Palooza” title. Someone sent us another picture of their bruised ass, which we're disinclined to run just, well, because. Anyway, we've seen enough bruises — now we want to see your classic, most awesome concert ticket stubs. Did you see the Beatles at Red Rocks in 1964? The Dead at McNichol's in '79? We want to see the stub! Send your best one or two stubs to us at summitup@summitdaily.com and we'll get 'em in.
Gotsta run. Happy Thursday, Summit County!
We out.
