Ice cave on the north side of Mt. Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica (@ George Steinmetz/Corbis)
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- Normally, an icy enclave wouldn\t stand a chance sitting atop a boiling lake of molten lava.""But things get pretty cold down here
- Gas and heat from the volcano below melted snowpack to carve out this ice cave.""But what happens when the escaping steam hits the freezing air?
- For decades, scientists in this frozen region have struggled to reach an ancient freshwater lake buried beneath hundreds of feet of ice.""And it looks like the Russians beat us to it
- One recent visitor passed by on a tight schedule and had no time to explore ice caves like this.""She was too busy laying down some serious tracks above
