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Researchers Find a Lost Subterranean World in a Cave Beneath Antarctica

Ivan PetricevicbyIvan Petricevic
September 13, 2019 - Updated on January 21, 2024
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Explorers from the 24th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition standing inside the subterranean world. Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Explorers from the 24th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition standing inside the subterranean world. Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

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The 24th Ukrainian expedition members to Antarctica have managed to trace down a cave that had long been lost. The subterranean formation is three times larger than previously thought and features several lakes and a river, as reported on September 10 by the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

The subterranean world is found inside the Cave of a remote place, the Island of Galindez. The Cave was actually found long ago when the first Antarctic expeditions took place. Through time, experts lost track of the Cave, and it was forgotten. The Ukrainian expedition has revealed that the Antarctic cave was actually three times larger than previously thought.

A Lost Subterranean World

Ukrainian researchers exploring the cave. Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Ukrainian researchers exploring the Cave. Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

The entrance at the time was on the opposite side of the island and under the top of a glacier near the Vernadsky Research Base. However, the glacier collapsed, and the entrance was sealed.

The chief of the 24th Antarctic expedition, Igor Diki, explained that it took quite some time to find the Cave entrance again.

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A researcher standing inside the mysterious cave. Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
A researcher standing inside the mysterious Cave. Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

“There were several failed attempts to find it from the side of the Penola Strait. But we were lucky to find the entrance from the side of the Wordie House, the former British base,” he revealed in a statement.

This fascinating subterranean world has three levels with a total width of around 200 meters. Inside the Cave, there is an ice river and two lakes; the explorers have revealed that the Cave is at least three times bigger than initially thought.

The frozen cave found by Ukrainian explorers. Ukrainian explorers exploring the long-lost cave beneath the Antarctic continent. A researcher standing inside the mysterious cave. Image Credit: Explorers from the 24th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition standing inside the subterranean world. Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The frozen Cave found by Ukrainian explorers. Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

In addition to that, the researchers claim to have discovered the plume of a bird that they say is definitely not that of a penguin.

This unexpected find was recovered and set to Ukraine for further testing. Researchers also took water samples from the frozen river and lake for hydrochemical analysis and further studies on the presence of viruses and bacteria and their environmental DNA. The statement revealed that the ice samples would be stored for further research in Ukrainian laboratories.

The cave turned out to be three times bigger than initially thought. Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The Cave turned out to be three times bigger than initially thought. Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

The Vernadsky Research Base has been operating since 1996 and was founded in 1953 on Galindez’s island by British researchers, who initially named the station Faraday.

Galindez Island owes its name to the ARA Uruguay corvette commander of the Argentine Navy, Captain Ismael Galíndez.

An Ukrainian explorer walking through the cave. Image Credit: Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
An explorer walking through the Cave. Image Credit: Image Credit: Press Service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

The ship rescued the explorers from the third French Antarctic expedition that discovered the islet in the early twentieth century.

The Vernadsky Research base was named after Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist Vladimir Vernadsky (1863–1945), the first president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.


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Ivan Petricevic

Ivan Petricevic

I've been writing passionately about ancient civilizations, history, alien life, and various other subjects for more than eight years. You may have seen me appear on Discovery Channel's What On Earth series, History Channel's Ancient Aliens, and Gaia's Ancient Civilizations among others.

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