Lake Vostok is a giant lake in Antarctica that is similar in size to North America's Lake Ontario. But unlike Lake Ontario, Lake Vostok sits beneath more than 2 miles (3 kilometers) of wind-blown ...
written documentation accredits the first sighting of the continent to Russian explorer Fabian von Bellingshausen on January 27, 1820. He was commanding the sloops Mirny and Vostok during the ...