Not Losing Hope
Despite this, the researchers did not lose hope. They simply abandoned the first borehole and started from scratch. This time, they managed to dig up to 23,000 feet into the ground. By 1989, they broke the previous record by penetrating a depth of 40,230 feet or 7.5 miles. It must have made them feel more confident. If things kept going well, they would be able to bypass 44,000 feet near the end of 1990.
Not Losing Hope
Something Down There
It was even more impressive when they made the prediction that they would get to 49,000 feet as early as 1993. However, there was something unexpected lurking below the remote tundra. As they got closer and closer to the center of the Earth, they stumbled into something that made them rethink their plan.
Something Down There
