維達湖

維達湖（）是南極洲的湖泊，位於維多利亞，長5.4公里、寬1.7公里，面積6.8平方公里，海拔高度349米，特别的地方在于維達湖从底部到湖面全都处于冰冻状态，美國生物學家的团队在2012年11月底宣佈湖中發現2800年前的微生物，目前科学家推测其主要靠1000年之前湖面冰冻的时候捕获的碳源生存。其后，由多兰及埃里森·莫瑞领导的研究团队进一步研究了该湖的、湖水及沉积样本。

外部連結
McMurdo Dry Valley Long Term Ecological Research 
Terrestrial Biology 
Paleolimnology of Extreme Cold Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments
Subsurface Ice and Brine Sampling 
Antarctic Lake Yields Ancient Bacteria
Lake Vida, Antarctica
Antarctica Lake Vida Find Life 
Meteorological Station Measurements, University of Colorado, Lake Vida entry
Antarctic Freshwater Diatoms, University of Colorado , Lake Vida entry
Ice Coring and Drilling Services Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Lake Vida entry
McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research VIAM data tables, Lake Vida entry
David Darling's Encyclopedia of Astrobiology , Lake Vida entry
News items
"Lake Water Secret" , BBC news item
"Looking for lessons at Vida", The Antarctic Sun news item on borehole pollution at Lake Vida
Photographs
Google Maps image
National Geographic photograph of Lake Vida

南極洲湖泊