Antarctica: How scientists found life ‘unlike anything seen before’ 12,000 feet below ice

The series continued, explaining how organisms lived in the toughest of conditions.

It added: “This giant pond is hidden under a huge layer of ice, with a thickness of 11,886 feet, or 3,623 metres.

“For this reason, the researchers did not expect to find even the smallest signs of life, in such harsh conditions, the temperature reaches -89C and the ice pressure exceeds the pressure of the moons of Jupiter and sunlight never breaks through. 

“Few organisms living on Earth can survive in such an adverse environment, however, scientists still managed to find life in such extreme conditions.

“At the time, it was completely unlike anything they had ever seen before, researchers discovered a new type of bacteria, that was given the name W123-10, the DNA of this is only 86 percent identical to other living things on planet Earth.”

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