Scientists are racing to discover the secret subterranean world of rivers and lakes buried miles beneath the South Pole, including the untouched Lake Vostok, discovered in 1974 and finally reached in 2012 after 40 years of drilling.
Lake Vostok: At the Mountains of Madness
The discovery of a vast network of underground waterways beneath the South Pole has been a decades-long endeavor, with roots tracing back to 1974 when a groundbreaking find confirmed the existence of a hidden subterranean world of rivers and lakes.
