Many of Antarctica's icy lakes contain fishery resources and even some mysterious creatures.
Because Antarctica is very similar to the Earth in its primitive stage, there are a large number of areas in Antarctica that have not been polluted by the outside world, maintaining the original appearance of the planet.
Beneath the seemingly calm icy lake, the mysteries of the earth are hidden everywhere.
Although judging from the temperature of the Antarctic ice lake, basically no life can survive in the ice lake, except for a small number of cold-resistant organisms that rely on their thick fat layer to survive here.
Therefore, many people believe that it is impossible for life to exist in a place covered with ice and snow like the Antarctic ice lake.
Especially in those icy lakes hundreds of meters deep under the ice, it is definitely a forbidden zone for life.
This view persisted on Earth for quite some time.
However, in the 1980s, a scientific expedition team broke this inherent view.
At that time, they discovered DNA reactions of life in a huge lake found under the Antarctic ice.
This was very sensational news at the time.
Because the lake discovered under the Antarctic ice covers an area of 15,000 square kilometers.
Such a large lake is likely to have always existed here, and its interior is an ecosystem disconnected from the outside world. This makes scientific researchers have a strong interest in researching this large lake.
Based on the research results, scientists have analyzed that there are roughly two possible reasons for the formation of the lake.
The first is that in ancient times, Antarctica was hit by an extraterrestrial meteorite, causing the emergence of the current giant lake.
The second is the geological changes in the terrain under the Antarctic ice, which is the result of the continuous migration of plates at the bottom of the lake.
The probability of occurrence of these two situations is about the same, so the researchers at the time did not delve into looking for the reasons.
All scientists are focusing on the possibility of new life emerging in this giant subglacial lake.
Sure enough, after analysis by scientists' remote sensing control system, strong life reactions appeared in that giant lake.
And after biologists used biological DNA detection and sensing, the DNA effects of species appeared under the lake.
The DNA of the life at the bottom of the lake is 60% similar to the species currently on Earth.
The discovery of life's DNA made scientists feel overjoyed.
The emergence of life under the Antarctic ice lake is a completely new discovery for the life system on Earth.
There may even be species that have never appeared on Earth before and have been living under this icy lake since ancient times.
Combined with the characteristics of the nearby environment, the cold-loving microorganisms that are most likely to appear in this ice lake are likely to be from the same species as the single-celled organisms that appeared on Earth in ancient times, and have been living in this ecosystem isolated from the outside world.
However, because the ice lake has not been polluted by the outside world at all and has retained the environmental characteristics of ancient times, these are all unknown research items under the ice lake.
The huge subglacial lakes in Antarctica are like paradises, always guarding the situation under the Antarctic ice.
"These subglacial lakes are very important to humans. We must be careful with every step we take from now on." Gao Chuang instructed the crew members who were exploring the way.
Xiang Yang also nodded. "No matter whether there are fishery resources in this ice lake, our sonar detectors must first be sterilized at ultra-high temperature and ultra-low temperature before entering the ice lake to achieve the sterilization effect."
"That's what I mean. We'll do a thorough and comprehensive sterilization first, and then go in to explore. If we're sure there's no danger and there are no mysterious creatures we don't know, then we'll go down and catch some. Otherwise, we'll withdraw." Gao Chuang nodded.
Everyone nodded to show that they understood.
Then, Gao Chuang personally used a flamethrower to disinfect the sonar detector.
When the ice was broken and an alloy sonar detector was sent into the frozen ice, everyone on the ship watched eagerly.
Everyone's purpose is very simple, which is to find out whether there is life in this ice lake.
However, when everyone saw that there was nothing on the screen, they were immediately disappointed.
The presence of living DNA does not mean that there must be living things in the ice lake. It could also be bacteria or something like that.
At least they didn't find any large creatures under the ice using the sonar detection system.
"This is strange, could it be that the ice lake we encountered is a stagnant water lake?" Gao Chuang murmured.
Xiang Yang was more open-minded. He smiled and said, "In fact, it is normal if there are no living things. If there are living things, then no matter what they are, they can be called a miracle of life."
"Hmm, wait."
At this moment, Xiang Yang's pupils suddenly shrank and he exclaimed, "Look at the screen."
Suddenly, three moving red dots appeared on the screen connected to the sonar detection system. These were the signs that the sonar detection system had detected marine life on the bottom of the water.
Xiang Yang's words immediately alarmed everyone.
When the crew members saw the three red dots on the screen, their eyes widened as if they had seen a ghost.
No matter what you say, seeing is believing, hearing is not.
No matter what scientists say they have discovered in this icy lake, most crew members will never believe that there can be life under the icy lake until they see the creatures under the icy lake with their own eyes.
It’s not that the crew doesn’t believe in science.
It is really unbelievable that there are any living creatures under this icy lake which is completely sealed by ice.
Don’t the creatures under this icy lake need sunlight or oxygen
This is really unbelievable.
"Judging from the brightness of the red dots, the size of these three creatures are all over one meter. They are obviously not easy to deal with. Mr. Xiang, Mr. Gao, what should we do next?" asked a crew member.
"wrong."
Xiang Yang suddenly waved his hand and said very seriously: "This is not a three-headed creature."
"Huh? But there are clearly three red dots on the screen. If this isn't a three-headed creature, then what could it be?" Gao Chuang said with a smile.
"Look, these three red dots are moving very fast on the screen, and several times they have even gone out of the range of the sonar detection system. However, these three mysterious marine creatures always maintain the same speed and stay together." Xiang Yang replied softly.
Gao Chuang was stunned when he heard this.
Gao Chuang immediately reacted and asked Xiang Yang anxiously, "Xiang Yang, what exactly did you mean by that just now?"