In the days following, samples of solid gypsum were repeatedly brought on deck as drilling operations penetrated the seafloor.
在接下来的几天里，随着钻探作业深入海底，固体石膏样品被不断地被带上甲板。
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They were drilling through solid rock.
他们正在把实心岩钻通。
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Elsewhere in Antarctica, Russian researchers boast of their recent discovery of a freshwater reserve the size of Lake Ontario after drilling through miles of solid ice.