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A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea

by Lucas Kavanagh

#191 Earth Sciences
▲7 today

In 2015, a scientific expedition set out to be the first to ever drill to the mantle. This is an archival feed of the podcast mini-series documenting that attempt.

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#51

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days in the top 100 since Dec 2024

Latest episodes

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Chapter 4 - The Limits Of Life

Ginny and Jason search for life, hundreds of meters below the seafloor.

Aug 16 2020
26 min

Chapter 3 - The Life Of A Core

Follow a sample of rock as it is analyzed by the many scientists in the onboard labs of the JOIDES Resolution.

Aug 16 2020
23 min

Chapter 2 - The Theory That Changed Everything

An episode consisting of three stores: an idea that no one believed, how to start the hole itself, and an expedition of tragedy and discovery.

Aug 16 2020
19 min

Chapter 1 - The JR Meets The Press

Media attention reveals public concern over expedition 360 and a brief introduction to the JOIDES Resolution and a couple of the people who call it home.

Aug 16 2020
19 min

Prologue - The Quest To Touch The Mantle

What is the mantle and why do we want to get our hands on it so badly? On this first episode we talk to chief scientist Henry Dick and staff scientist Peter Blum about th

Aug 16 2020
22 min

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