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SUMMARY:A 60 Year International History of Antarctic Subglacial Lake Explo
 ration - Martin Siegert\, Imperial College
DTSTART:20191209T163000Z
DTEND:20191209T173000Z
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CONTACT:Louis Couston
DESCRIPTION:In January 2013\, the US WISSARD programme measured and sample
 d Lake Whillans\, a subglacial water body at the edge of West Antarctica\,
  in a clean and environmentally sensitive manner\, proving the existence o
 f microbial life beneath this part of the ice sheet. The success of WISSAR
 D represented a benchmark in the exploration of Antarctica\, made possible
  by a rich and diverse history of events\, discoveries and discussions ove
 r the past 60 years\, ranging from geophysical measurement of subglacial l
 akes to the development of scientific hypotheses concerning these environm
 ents and the engineering solutions required to test them. In this article\
 , I provide a personal account of this history\, from the published litera
 ture and my own involvement in subglacial lake exploration over the last 2
 0 years. I show that our ability to directly measure and sample subglacial
  water bodies in Antarctica has been made possible by a strong theme of in
 ternational collaboration\, at odds with the media representation of a sci
 entific "race" between nations. I also consider plans for subglacial lake 
 exploration and discuss how such collaboration is likely to be key to succ
 ess of future research in this field.
LOCATION:British Antarctic Survey\, Aurora Conference Room
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