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Russian researchers at the Vostok station in Antarctica pose for a picture after reaching subglacial lake Vostok. (AP Photo/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Press Service) 

Russia reaches lake under Antarctica

After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years.

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