Ancient Bacteria
In sub-zero temperatures, bacteria doesn’t decompose as it does in standard temperatures. Currently, there are billions of strains of bacteria frozen into glaciers and ice caps that have possibly been around for hundreds of thousands, even millions of years. Scientists are just starting to discover just how life began on Earth by studying these ancient lifeforms.
An Entire Mountain Range
Scientists have known about the Gamburtsev Mountains for 50 years now, but humanity has yet to be able to observe it. This mountain range covers most of Antarctica and is likely untouchable by humankind. It is theorized that humans will go extinct before any of that ice can melt enough to expose even the tallest peak of the mountain range, which is 10,000 feet by the way.
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