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Russian scientists reach Lake Vostok after 20 years of drilling into ice in Antarctica

Why does this sound like the opener to a horror movie?

Russia says it has pierced through Antarctica’s frozen crust to a vast, subglacial lake that has lain untouched for at least 14 million years, hiding what scientists believe may be unknown organisms and clues to life on other planets.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/9071718/Russian-scientists-reach-Lake-Vostok-after-20-years-of-drilling-into-ice-in-Antarctica.html