What about insulation?

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RobVG — 2/19/2012 7:18:27 PM (archived)

Air temperatures at Volstok reach 88° F but the layer where water meets ice is at 32° F. Could the ice above the lake insulate it, limiting the depth of the ice below the "waterline".

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Fossil water - RobVG - 2/7/2012 12:59:25 AM
- Re: Fossil water - podrock - 2/19/2012 4:29:38 AM
  - What about insulation? - RobVG - 2/19/2012 7:18:27 PM
- Re: Fossil water - ER - 2/7/2012 1:15:01 AM
  - Re: Fossil water - Jeff-Wash - 2/10/2012 8:38:14 AM
  - Well, there's always radioactive isotopes. - alcaray - 2/8/2012 5:26:10 AM
  - Re: Fossil water - RobVG - 2/8/2012 2:35:03 AM
    - Re: Fossil water - ER - 2/8/2012 4:04:05 AM
  - Re: Fossil water - VelociraptorBlade - 2/7/2012 10:15:55 PM
  - Looks like the lake might have existed before the glaciers - RobVG - 2/7/2012 2:08:46 AM
    - Re: Looks like the lake might have existed before the glaciers - ER - 2/7/2012 2:22:53 AM
      - Re: Looks like the lake might have existed before the glaciers - bowser - 2/7/2012 3:14:27 AM
        
        Re: Looks like the lake might have existed before the glaciers - ER - 2/7/2012 4:17:52 AM
      - Re: Looks like the lake might have existed before the glaciers - bowser - 2/7/2012 2:40:46 AM

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