Abandoning The Project
Following their realization that their equipment would not last in those conditions, they decided that they would abandon their plans for it entirely. When they arrived, it had been 22 years since they had originally begun excavating in this location.
The Kola Superdeep Borehole
Before they sealed up what has come to be known as the Kola Superdeep Borehole, the researchers discovered a handful of surprising facts about the hole. For starters, they discovered little fossils of marine plants at a depth of almost four miles.