Fark Geek implicitly raises an interesting point: has this scenario ever ended well in any form of popular modern entertainment?
An ambitious plan to explore a vast lake trapped beneath the Antarctic ice is a step closer to becoming reality.
An advance party has braved freezing temperatures to set up vital equipment and supplies at Lake Ellsworth.
The project by UK engineers to drill through the two-mile-thick ice-sheet is scheduled for the end of the year.
I mean, in terms of cinema alone a heck of a lot of films about Antarctica seem to have as their plot the old “We wake up something under the ice and it starts eating people.” Admittedly, the quality of such films is, ah, uneven…
Moe Lane
PS: Sure, why not?
From there it’s just a quick hop to the Elder Thing base!
I note that you linked to the best iteration of “The Thing” 😉
I’m sure the Shoggoths won’t mind the visit.
We just find nothing. This isn’t going to be cheap.
Below the map: “Russian and US teams are targeting Lakes Vostok and Whillans respectively.” So if there isn’t anything at one, there are two other tries going… nice to be thorough, eh?
Regards,
Ric
But what about the expedition to the Mountains of Madness?
(By the way, if anyone hasn’t read Charles Stross’ A Colder War, I recommend it.)
Hey, don’t forget about the secret Nazi flying saucer base!
@Murgatroyd: Damn, I was also thinking of the Mountains of Madness. I need to stop reading H. P. Lovecraft before going to bed at night.
AvP….
(waiting for the geeks/nerds’ heads to explode with a mention of that movie directly after HP)
A feeling, nay a foreboding of unspeakable horror overcame me upon reading the words that spoke of tunneling into the ice which lay untouched … no wait, that’s just the way I always react to that Ron Paul ad in the sidebar.