Summary: Drilling in Antarctica that had begun early last week had to be halted on Saturday due to a failure in the backup boiler. The primary boiler had already failed with the same issue. Thankfully there is enough hit water to keep the drill from freezing over.
The objective is to drill through the ice to the lake underneath and analyse the water brought up to see if there is life down there.
BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20755450
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