Understanding how our world went through a long time ago and what kinds of living forms came to life is extremely important for the development of science. Antarctica, which preserves the change of the climate of our planet in the last one million years in the ice layer of 4 kilometers, is an excellent sample collection and research environment for scientists. The team led by Trista Vick-Majors, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Michigan University of Technology, went to the Whillans Subglacial Lake ecosystem in the west of Antarctica in order to take samples from the glaciers that turned into a water form with the occasional underground temperature. The team, who wanted to overcome the thick layer of ice and reach underground waters, melted the ice between them and the hot water drill that can heat the water up to 90 degrees thanks to the type of fuel used in the aircraft. The glacial drilling process, which lasted for 24 hours, ended with the drill’s depth of 800 meters. The water extracted from the underground lake went through a series of ultraviolet ray procedures to kill germs to get rid of the danger of infectious disease. Microbial life forms that were fed with organic carbon were detected in this water, which lacks sunlight and was under tremendous pressure due to ice on it, after tests and examinations. Vick-Majors said: “These can teach us a lot about our planet because it’s a great place to look at simplified ecosystems without high-level organisms. So we can answer questions that may be really hard to answer elsewhere in life.” gave expressions. It is stated that there is 5.400% more organic carbon than it should be to feed all the microbial lives in the sample of water extracted and the 800-meter hole opened with a hot water drill freezes again within a few days.
