Deepest Hole On Earth Is Sealed After They Find This Inside

Yet Another Race Between Countries

They might’ve lost the race to the moon, but they could still win this marathon. It was a different kind of race this time, though, and whoever won it would make quite an impact. This race wouldn’t only be breaking the world records. It would also be changing scientific realities.

But the deep hole beneath their feet would reveal something they never expected. Something that would have the government seal it off immediately.

One Of A Kind

To most people, the 9-inch-wide hole that led deep underground was nothing to pay attention to. But that wasn’t the case for Dmitry Ivanova. To him, it was an opportunity to get a glimpse of our past.

It was an opportunity to find some miraculous or even to answer some of the planet’s great mysteries. Well, that’s what Dmitry thought the borehole would offer him.

Journey To The Center

Dmitry was one of the many who called the Pechengsky District home. After all, the Russian Peninsula of Kola had been his home for decades. He and his crew had moved there to be a part of a scientific team who was planning on digging a hole to the Earth’s crust.

And they wanted to do it before anyone else could.

He was a part of a team of higher-level researchers, and he could feel the air pulsating with their determination to see their plan through.

Unexpected Problems

Their team, however, wasn’t the only thing that was special. To reach the goal of their project, they had to take an approach that was unlike the other attempts from across the globe. In other parts of the world, they used the ocean to circumvent some of the depth.

In others, their attempts were coupled with oil drilling.

But at Kola, they started with nothing more than a pitch-black cavity. And that cavity came with its own set of problems.

First Set Of Problems

It all started with the central cavity. From there, the researchers drilled smaller holes in an attempt to get past the 40,000 feet mark. Everyone, including Dmitri, thought they had been making progress. But then something unexpected happened.

While drilling in the deepest hole, the drill bit twisted and broke off. Dimitri was devastated. At the time, all he felt was a sense of demoralizing failure.

This setback meant that they had to face two terrible realities.