Antarctica has deep fresh water lakes beneath the ice, with lake Vostok the largest, as large as lake Ontario.

南极洲冰川之下有很深的淡水湖，东方湖是最大的，像安大略湖一样大。

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Lake Vostok is a massive body of liquid water buried under the ice for 400,000 years.

沃斯·托克湖是一个巨大的液态湖泊，它被封冻在冰层下长达四十多万年。

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This microorganism was discovered under 4 km of ice, just above Lake Vostok, Russia.

科学家在俄罗斯沃斯托克湖上四千米厚的冰芯中，发现了这类微生物。

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With an area of 15, 000 square km and with depths reaching more than 800m, Lake Vostok is similar in size to Lake Baikal in Siberia or Lake Ontario in North America.

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This makes Lake Vostok a place of great scientific interest, because the ice sheet above the lake provides the longest uninterrupted climate record known to exist.

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The research team plans to continue its tests for confirmation, including tests on more samples from Lake Vostok.

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