Living organisms deep below Antarctic ice

Deep under the ice sheet of Antarctica,Scientists have discovered tiny living organisms
that feed on inorganic materials, which suggest that life is possible in an extremely hostile environment that
exists on other planets in the solar system, like Mars.
There is an entire ecosystem at depth of 800 meters below the ice, where sunlight and fresh air haven't been penetrate millions of years.
This could mean, a similar life is possible on Mars or other icy planets or the moon.

"This is the first, proving that beneath the ice sheet in Antarctica there is not only life, but an active ecosystem,
something we have speculated for decades," said lead researcher Brent Kristner, a biology professor at the State University of Louisiana.

Similar microbes can be found in the deep oceans, but they draw energy from the surface remains of organisms that sink to the bottom.

Environment below the glaciers is so negostoprimljivo that these newly discovered organisms are forced to "eat a rock,"
binding with mineral particles and collecting the compounds of ammonia and nitrogen.

The Antarctic ice sheet is one and a half times larger than the area of the United States and contains 70% of the fresh water on Earth.