The ambitious attempt to drill through two miles of ice to reach an Antarctic lake has been called off, following problems with the boiler used to heat water for drilling.
An ambitious attempt to drill deep into an Antarctic lake buried by two miles of ice has run into major difficulties.
A Japanese deep sea drilling vessel, Chikyu, yesterday set a new world record, by drilling down over 2,111 meters below the seafloor to collect rock samples.
A team of four British engineers has completed the first stage of an ambitious project to explore an Antarcic lake.
Geologists have embarked upon an ambitious project to drill through the earth's crust and extract a sample of the mantle.