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Underwater Robot Lowered Into Lake Mendota

MADISON, Wis. — A diver from National Geographic took a swim Tuesday in the frigid waters of Lake Mendota as his crew documented an underwater robot being field tested in the lake.

Researchers from NASA and the University of Illinois at Chicago are heading up the week-long test in which a submersible will dive underneath the ice to map the environment and sample microbial life.