Beneath Russia's Vostok Station on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), approximately 2.5 miles deep and sitting at an ...

Russia's Vostok Base in Antarctica has opened a new winter complex, the Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Studies (AARI) said in a statement: ”A new winter complex has been put into operation at ...

The Vostok Station, perched atop the Antarctic ice shield at a lofty 3,488m, endures some of Earth's most extreme weather conditions. With an average annual temperature that makes it the coldest ...

The lake derives its name from Vostok Station, which in turn is named after the “Vostok”, a 18th- and 19th-century warship, which means “East” in Russian.

The Vostok station has posted a temperature as low as 129 degrees. It is located over 11,000 feet above sea level. Its winter population is only 15 people.

Vostok: Looking for Life Beneath an Antarctic Glacier In what may be the world’s largest lake ever seen by a human eye, the search begins ...

Less than 1,000 miles away from the South Pole, the research station is on bitterly cold terrain that in 1983 was home to Earth’s record-low air temperature: minus-128.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said that his country’s southernmost Vostok research station in Antarctica is “one of the most modern and well-equipped” in the continent, as he ...

At Vostok station, scientists from the 70th Russian Antarctic Expedition of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute began testing meteorological equipment to launch automated observations at the ...

The one place that always comes up when extreme cold is discussed is Vostok Station in Antarctica. This Russian research outpost holds the record for the lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth ...

At the continent’s Vostok Station, less than 1,000 miles from the South Pole, Russian researchers were able to grow eight watermelons in conditions not well suited to the summertime snack, The ...

The Vostok Station, perched atop the Antarctic ice shield at a lofty 3,488m, endures some of Earth's most extreme weather conditions. With an average annual temperature that makes it the coldest ...