Sounds like a good plot for a scifi movie: Antarctic explorers find a meltwater cave that leads to a vast, under-ice world where geothermal heat provides the basis for a previously unknown ecosystem where strange lifeforms have evolved, and light is provided by bioluminescent organisms throughout the ice ceiling, which is several hundred feet above the warm surface. :)
Been there, done that. "The Land Unknown" (1957), except it invokes volcanically-heated valleys. Otherwise, try the novel "Projekt Saucer III: Genesis" (1980) by W. A. Harbinson, which involves UFO-flying Nazis. Are you aware of the microbial life found in the deep under-ice Lake Vostok?
Sounds like a good plot for a scifi movie: Antarctic explorers find a meltwater cave that leads to a vast, under-ice world where geothermal heat provides the basis for a previously unknown ecosystem where strange lifeforms have evolved, and light is provided by bioluminescent organisms throughout the ice ceiling, which is several hundred feet above the warm surface. :)
Been there, done that. "The Land Unknown" (1957), except it invokes volcanically-heated valleys. Otherwise, try the novel "Projekt Saucer III: Genesis" (1980) by W. A. Harbinson, which involves UFO-flying Nazis. Are you aware of the microbial life found in the deep under-ice Lake Vostok?
Yes, and there are chemosynthetic organisms that live in areas of deep ocean volcanic vents.