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The Deepest Hole Ever Drilled

When Soviet scientists tried to drill the deepest hole ever, in 1989, they were hoping to get down to 15 kilometres. They managed 12 kilometres, and that record still stands. Lucy Williamson has been talking to one of the men involved.

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Mon 24 May 201022:50GMT

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