So that's where good ol' George Dubya is these days.

Didn't John Carpenter make a horribly prescient movie (starring Kurt Russell) about the perils of this sort of research?

powered by 5000 D cells?

Paris, as if there is any probing going on.....

We require Kurt Russell, Keith David some swedes and lots of flamethrowers.

"strange extreme organisms evolved over aeons along a separate track to that followed by the ordinary surface lifeforms of the sunlit world."

Mark Zuckerberg then...

to welcome our Antartic overlords

Might as well take advantage of global warming and simply wait for the 3Km of ice to melt.

Still I'm looking forward to Grendel's Mother popping up - providing she looks like a giant naked golden Angeline Jolie as I've been led to believe.

Although, in the great tradition of fictional Spanish waiters, I know nothing, would someone please explain how, given that this lake remains liquid only due to the massive pressure of the ice above it, what's going to happen when someone sticks a hole in the ice?

I'm envisaging the creation some kind of massive water geyser as the pressure releases. So much for keeping the lake pristine then.

Anyone with more knowledge about these kind of things willing to correct me?

Have they not seen "The Thing", AVP, "The Seeds of Doom (Dr Who), Happy Feet.

They'll uncover something and, not realising the danger, bring it back to Blighty where it will split open to release something that will eat / infect / absorb everyone.

And the Government and Police will be powerless to do anything because it won't be carrying an ID card!

Finally the reputation of the master sci-fi/fantasy actor Doug McClure will be vindicated!

I like the fact that the USA have a 4 minute CGI extravaganza just for talking about spacesuits, but when the Brits have a go....here's some nice pictures by Quentin Blake.

Classy

"It's probably too much to hope for that the boffins will awaken some ancient horror, slumbering deep below the polar wastes"

Lewis, we love you. :-)

...nuff' said! :(

Welcome our subterranean ice covered lake surviving overlords.

That they find a invite only Pinguin Rave club ??

paris might be there for 25,000 fish

Oh, what am I saying..... Quick pass me that rosary, I must seek forgiveness.

Mine's the big thick puffa jacket and Antarctic boots with heretic on the back and tinfoil hat and very thick ear muffs in the pocket.

> to welcome our Antartic overlords

You may, because everyone else will be welcoming our AntarCtic overlords.

When the Lord was passing out Brains, you thought he said Trains, and didn't get any?

...Shoggoths are the biggest worry here.

"a giant naked golden Angelina Jolie" .... hmmmmmm .... y'know., it's so cold down there that everything gets stiff and erect and..... oh, p'haps we should focus on the Kurt Russell scenario instead, it'll be alot more gory but a lot less frustrating for the boys !

I'm visualising a system that can 'melt' rather than drill (or perhaps a combination of the two) it's way through the ice, thus the ice above it re-freezes and thus remains sealed.

Tuh dah!!!!

:-)

Bah got here far too late to mention missing Norwegians and other Thing quotes....

Argh and someone has all ready welcomed our Antartic overlords...

only one thing to say.... Wibble

@ Lionel Baden.... Penguin Raves! just what I needed to cheer up a bad day at work.

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh C'thulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

Mines the one with the all angles that don't look right and the tentacles coming out of the pockets.

They don't find Megatron we're all going to be OK. IF they do however, I want to welcome our Decepticon overlords.

Yes, these guys are real scientist, no freaking power point/ photo shop.

Give me a HB pencil and some napkins!

I for one, welcome our be-tentacled, icy underlords!

For a great recent take on this, may I recommend Charles Stross' "A Colder War", freely available to read right here: http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm

If you like a bit of ia and fhtagn with your cold war drama it will suit you right down to the ground.

... so I can speak like some of 'youse.

Mine's the one with the spoon and the giant jar of Skippy bulging out of the pocket.

they dont unearth some device to give them unstoppable power - in this case, i for one welcome our new bearded overlords! ;D

of a "campaign" bumper sticker I saw during the recent unpleasantness which read:

C'thulu in '08 - why settle for the lesser of two evils?

And yes, I know C'thulu's not in the Antarctic - this story just reminded me of the sticker via the HPL Mountains of Madness commentary.

(evil billg because he's probably a C'thulu worshiper)

No need to get sarky, it was a legit question.

No, I didn't expect all the water to come out through the hole and the surface to collapse. However, not having much experience of drilling 3 miles of ice into subterranean lakes I was making the assumption that the effect would be similar to an oil well.

Sarcasm's fine if the answer was obvious but If you can't give a straight answer to a reasonably asked question just fuck off.

Are you talking about "Penguin Rave" as in dancing + alcohol + penguins = party

or LUG?

You'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between a "Penguin Rave" that would involve certain LUGs or a party involving alcohol + various and assorted mind altering substances + our Sphenicidae friends :-). Either one is bound to end up with some weird stuff happening at the end.

Abduct

Probe it

Bottle it up and ship it here to the States pls

If they find those, CLOSE the tunnel! It might be too late when you see the shoggoths...

Surely if there were bizarre lifeforms in an under-ice watery lair, there would be a Playmobil reenactment of the glorious battle against them?

Cool.

And Deep