Lake Vostok, that was our destination.
Courtesy of the CIA, we had a mini-submarine on loan, the kind you might see David Attenborough in exploring the barrier reef.
We had no time for drilling rigs.
I had a fleet of B52's fly over the location of the 140 miles long and 30 miles wide lake that was submerged under 2.4 miles of frozen ice.
Max didn't care about the damage.
'Open the fucking hole,' he'd say.
We attached skis to the Monster Boat and flew to the location easy enough.
The Russians had long gone.
The Americans were being timid.
But I for one wanted to see what was really underneath the pack ice.
If you are going to do something, do it properly.
As we wenched the submarine down the gaping hole, a warm air current blew from the bottom of the ten-meter hole in diameter that the B52 load had created in a matter of minutes, not months, which is how long the drilling had taken.
Below, we could see large chunks of ice drifting away.
Scientists did work of governments.
We differed in that regard.
We did work for ourselves.
You only get one shot and our's was proving formidable so far.
Courtesy of the CIA, we had a mini-submarine on loan, the kind you might see David Attenborough in exploring the barrier reef.
We had no time for drilling rigs.
I had a fleet of B52's fly over the location of the 140 miles long and 30 miles wide lake that was submerged under 2.4 miles of frozen ice.
Max didn't care about the damage.
'Open the fucking hole,' he'd say.
We attached skis to the Monster Boat and flew to the location easy enough.
The Russians had long gone.
The Americans were being timid.
But I for one wanted to see what was really underneath the pack ice.
If you are going to do something, do it properly.
As we wenched the submarine down the gaping hole, a warm air current blew from the bottom of the ten-meter hole in diameter that the B52 load had created in a matter of minutes, not months, which is how long the drilling had taken.
Below, we could see large chunks of ice drifting away.
Scientists did work of governments.
We differed in that regard.
We did work for ourselves.
You only get one shot and our's was proving formidable so far.
