Digging Deep
This is a rare location in the Kola peninsula of Russia. The goal was obvious. They just wanted to drill through the crust as far as possible.

Digging Deep
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What Their Goal Is
The Soviets also intended to go up to 49,000 feet into the Earth’s surface. They started digging several boreholes from a single cavity with the use of specialized equipment. As the American prospectors were working on this objective, they were making progress of their own.

What Their Goal Is