The Race To The Center
To be clear, the race to the Earth’s core is still ongoing. The International Ocean Discovery Program continues to explore what lies beneath the seafloor with drilling platforms in the oceans. They have to contend with high temperatures and failing equipment in order to figure out what secrets are hidden within.
Below The Water
They do, however, go below the surface for reasons other than reaching the mantle. For one thing, when a two-man submersible was dropped into the Antarctic on a discovery expedition, it plunged into the unknown. The crew members wanted to dive farther under the water towards the South Pole than anyone has ever gone before. What did they discover down below? Well, let’s just say they got a peek of a world that no one else has ever seen before.