This rod-shaped bacterium is typical of about 50% of the cells in the ice. (Image courtesy Dr. David Bird) About 1,000 kilometres east of the South Pole, in a 3.6 km-deep ice core - the deepest ice ever sampled on Earth - scientists have discovered ancient bacteria that can be brought back to life to grow and flourish.
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