Digging Deep
On Russia’s Kola Peninsula, there is a sparsely populated area known as the Kola Desert. The goal was simple and basic. They merely desired to dig as deeply as they possibly could into the earth’s crust.
Digging Deep
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What Their Goal Is
The Soviets also aimed to go as deep as 49,000 feet beneath the Earth’s surface. They began digging a series of boreholes that split off from a single cavity with the assistance of specialized equipment. American prospectors made their own progress while working on this project.
What Their Goal Is
