Inside abandoned Soviet base home to the world’s deepest hole ‘Well to Hell’ used in project to drill to Earth’s centre

TUCKED deep inside the Arctic Circle lies an abandoned Soviet base that is home to the world’s deepest manmade hole dubbed “Well to Hell”.

Located in northwestern Russia near the Norwegian border, the Kola Superdeep Borehole was created by Soviet scientists in a bid to reach the centre of the Earth.

WikicommonsThe derelict Russian base where the Kola Superdeep Borehole was dug[/caption] By Andre Belozeroff via Wikimedia CommonsThe superstructure of the borehole that reached...