The Deepest Hole People Ever Made

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

In northwestern Russia, on the Kola Peninsula, there's a metal cap covering a hole that scientists dug 7.5 miles down. Here's the story of the Kola Superdeep Borehole project. Plus, a classic rock band finds out what it's like to be in the financial hole, on a resource-intensive US tour.

Beneath this Metal Cap is the World's Deepest Hole (Slate)

Greg Lake (The Times)

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