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2008 in Antarctica
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2008
Events from the year 2008 in Antarctica
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January - The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists, led by Hugh Corr and David Vaughan, reported (in the journal Nature Geoscience) that 2,000 years ago, a volcano erupted under Antarctica's ice sheet (based on airborne survey with radar images).Schiermeier Quirin Volcano found under Antarctic ice https://www.nature.com/articles/news.2008.304 Nature 2 January 2020 en 10.1038/news.2008.304 18 January 2008 free subscription
February 7: A NASA team embarks on a mission to Lake Untersee, searching for extremophiles in its highly alkaline waters.Extremophile Hunt Begins In Strange Antarctic Lake https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080211094158.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080214092206/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080211094158.htm 2008-02-14 2026-01-09 www.sciencedaily.com
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