The Kola Superdeep Borehole is the world’s deepest human-made hole. Located high up on the Kola Peninsula in Russia , near Finland, work began on the site in May, 1970. A Cold-War-era relic, the hole began as part of a reverse Space Race between the Soviets and the US to see who could dig the deepest into the Earth’s crust. Despite longer holes being drilled since then, the Kola Superdeep Borehole remains the deepest artificial hole on earth and in the process of drilling it, the Russians dug up more than they bargained for. Read the rest of Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia: World’s Deepest Hole Yields Surprising Data Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Cold War , Conrad discontinuity , deepest hole on earth , fossils , geology , Kola Superdeep Borehole , marine fossils , russia , Soviet-era technology , world’s deepest hole
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Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia: World’s Deepest Hole Yields Surprising Data
