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The article discusses the discovery of DNA from an unknown bacterial species in lake water samples extracted from beneath the ice sheet of Lake Vostok, Antarctica by researcher Sergey Bulat and team from the Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute of Russia in February 2012.

The article looks at the analysis of ice samples retrieved from drilling experiments in the subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica for signs of microbial life by Russian researcher Sergey Bulat and team, noting that no life has been detected as of October 27, 2012.

Focuses on the discovery of living bacteria in ice samples from Lake Vostok in Antarctica. The theory that the bacteria can survive in a dormant state in thin veins of water that form between ice crystals; Comments by Buford Price of the University of California at Berkeley; Details of tests to determine whether bacteria can function in the ice.