Living bacteria a half-mile deep in the Arctic ice

"Teeming" living bacteria were found a half-mile deep in the Arctic ice. The WISSARD team drilled down to 5-foot-deep, 23-square mile Lake Whillans and pulled up samples which had bacteria living in them.

Project site
http://www.wissard.org

Good video and article
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/2014/09/06/2014-09-06-2/

Scientists Find Life in the Cold and Dark Under Antarctic Ice

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/science/living-bacteria-found-deep-under-antarctic-ice-scientists-say.html?_r=0