"Russia Finds 'New Bacteria' in Antarctic Lake"

[burningskies]

"The discovery comes from samples collected in an expedition in 2012 where a Russian team drilled down to the surface of Lake Vostok, which is believed to have been covered by ice for more than a million years but has kept its liquid state."

news.discovery.com/earth/russia-finds-new-bacteria-antarctic-lake-130307.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

This has potential as a source of ideas for an adventure - underground drilling unleashes threat - shades of Inferno, or perhaps the Novosibirsk Project from Time and Relative.

[Acrobatic Flea]

Also:

Russian scientists say they have found a new type of bacterial life form in water from a buried Antarctic lake.
< www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21709225 >

[burningskies]

An acquaintance pointed out an X-Files episode, "Ice", which worked from a similar premise:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_%28The_X-Files%29

It would definitely make good material for a Who adventure.