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Coldest Place On Earth – Antarctic Vostok Station

Vostok Station is a Russian (formerly Soviet) research station in Antarctica. The station is located on the eastern part of the Antarctic ice sheet, inside the Australian Antarctic Territory (although it is a signatory of the Charter System Antarctic, Australia…
Antarctic Lake Vostok

Lake Vostok (Russian Vostok – East) is the largest of so far identified 150 lakes under the Antarctic ice cap. It is located at a depth of 3700-4100 meters below the ice surface, under the Russian polar research station Vostok.…