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40 years?
How about 3?
The Russian Antarctic research team (forgot the name of the station, was it Vostok?) wants to probe a huge lake under the ice cap (Ontario is like a puddle next to it). It is supposed to contain 25+million-(?)-years-old organisms etc. - enough to make those four-eyed geeks drool. Now, it was all OK, until other scientist (like USian) started to wonder what can happen if they'll drill a hole through the ice layer. They have calculated that the effect will be like hitting a shaken soda can with a nail - in plane English: kaboom! The pressure (as the water hidden there contains more oxygen) will crack the cap and create huge tidal wave, that will fund tickets to "Waterworld" to half of the Earth populace, K.Costner included. Not to mention those weird super-old bacteria floating everywhere... - "Outbreak" is gonna to be a comedy when compared to it.
Russians do not respond to pleas to stop the drilling. They need 3 more seasons (years) to complete their task.
My special "hello" to all coast dwellers