oh shit.
Russians hit Lake Vostok at 3,769m. Now the nigh half million 25 million year old bacteria are going to escape, go energy mad and eat all that tasty oxygen. We were all overdue for extinction anyway.
edit: oh, and from the Vostok Station wiki page -
Acclimatization to such conditions can take from a week to two months and is accompanied by headaches, eye twitches, ear pains, nose bleeds, perceived suffocation, sudden rises in blood pressure, loss of sleep, reduced appetite, vomiting, joint and muscle pain, arthritis, and weight loss of 3–5 kg (7-11 lb) (sometimes as high as 12 kg (26 lb)).Feb 9, 2012