2008 in Antarctica

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← 2007 2006 2005 2008 in Antarctica → 2009 2010 2011
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See also:	Other events of 2008 Timeline of Antarctic history

Events from the year 2008 in Antarctica

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• January - The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists, led by Hugh Corr and David Vaughan, reported (in the journal Nature Geoscience) that 2,000 years ago, a volcano erupted under Antarctica's ice sheet (based on airborne survey with radar images).^[1]
• February 7: A NASA team embarks on a mission to Lake Untersee, searching for extremophiles in its highly alkaline waters.

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