AdvertisementAntarctic Update: Drill Is 40 Feet From Massive 'Subglacial Lake'February 01, 2012Mark MemmottfacebookEmailWhile a team of Russian scientists were drilling ice core samples from their Vostok base in Antarctica, new satellite imagery revealed the outline of a lake the size of New Jersey buried two miles underneath the ice. It's thought to be the third largest lake on the planet. (NASA)