Deep Thinker
Aug 07, 2019
3 minutes
BY OLIVER GILES
in September 1979, the oceanographer Sylvia Earle, togged in an armoured diving suit, was strapped to the front of a small submarine and dropped into the Pacific Ocean off the Hawaiian island of Oahu. A few metres down, the thunder of the surf and squawking of the seagulls had disappeared. At 100m, the light started to fade. By 200m, it was almost pitch black. At an incredible 381m, the sub hit the seabed with a clunk and Earle untethered herself and stepped
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