Expedition to probe Earth's deepest sea vent
Friday, January 6, 2012 - 16:31
in Earth & Climate
Eat your heart out, Jules Verne: This week, a ship packed with scientists is setting out for a three-week Caribbean cruise to one of the most extreme and least explored places on Earth. It's a real-life trip that might have been ripped from the pages of the imaginative novelist's fantastical fiction.
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