The Mertz Glacier islocated toward the eastern end of Antarctica, next to the cold andsalty deep current.
默茨冰山位于南极冰盖的东头,紧邻又冷又咸的深水洋流。
The bacteria colony has been isolated there for about 1.5 million years, researchers say, ever since the glacier rolled over the lake and created a cold, dark, oxygen-poor ecosystem.
研究人员称,自从冰川从湖中诞生,创造了这样寒冷,黑暗,无氧的生态环境时起,这种细菌菌落已被隔离了约150万多年。
Beneath an Antarctic glacier in a cold, airless pool that never sees the sun seems like an unusual place to search for life.
——南极冰川下面有一个阴冷没有空气的深潭,这里常年不见阳光,似乎在这里很难找到生命体。
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