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<正>为了探索默瑟冰下湖,一个南极科考小组凿出了一个深度为1084米的钻孔。他们是怎么做到的呢?Scientists in Antarctica have finally drilled into a mysterious lake buried under more than3,500 feet of ice to find out if life exists there.Mercer Subglacia(l冰川下的) Lake is an active lake that lies more than 1,000 meters be-neath the Whillans Ice Plain, a fast moving section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.