The Vostok, a huge subglacial lake in Antarctica

This is a huge freshwater reservoir, located under the thick ice of East Antarctica (AO).

Antarctica, with its 14 million km2, the continent remains enigmatic and little-known planet. The discovery of a huge freshwater lake, located under the thick ice of the AO, has surprised scientists worldwide. The identification of this body of water is the result of over a decade of data acquisition through different techniques, crowning a long history of Antarctic research investments by the international scientific community. 

The year of discovery 

In 1996, a group of British and Russian scientists disclosed the