Lake Vostok

Lake Vostok

1

How does the water in Lake Vostok remain liquid beneath an ice sheet ?

沃斯托克湖的水在冰原下是如何保持液态的？
2

Scientists first discovered Lake Vostok in the 1970s by using radio waves that penetrate the ice .

20世纪70年代，科学家们通过穿透冰层的无线电波首次发现了沃斯托克湖。
3

Lake Vostok is a massive body of liquid water buried under the ice for400,000 years .

沃斯托克湖是一个巨大的液态湖泊，它被封冻在冰层下长达四十多万年。
4

The scientists suspect that microorganisms may be living in Lake Vostok closed off from the outside world for more than 2 million years .

科学家们怀疑微生物可能生活在与外界隔绝了200多万年的沃斯托克湖中。
5

Antarctica has deep fresh water lakes beneath the ice , with Lake Vostok the largest , as large as Lake Ontario .

南极洲冰川之下有很深的淡水湖，东方湖是最大的，像安大略湖一样大。