The expedition used hot water drilling, surpassed the world's polar access record and reported the operation just two months later, amid growing suspicions about Beijing's strategic advance on the white continent. China secretly drilled more than 3,400 metres into Antarctica to access a subglacial lake was first published on Data 24.
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The expedition used hot water drilling, surpassed the world's polar access record and reported the operation just two months later, amid growing suspicions about Beijing's strategic advance on the white continent. China secretly drilled more than 3,400 metres into Antarctica to access a subglacial lake was first published on Data 24.