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ON AND ON AND ON

in an atmospheric diving suit
1,090 ft (332 m) Deepest scuba dive
the nuclear submarine USS Seawolf
2,001 ft (610 m) Deepest dive
1,608 ft (490 m) Operating depth of
A Volvo car built in 1966 had by 2012 driven

2.9 million miles
(4.7 million km)—that’s the equivalent of almost 117 times around the globe.

WORLD’S
BIGGEST
DOWN

Tunnel boring machine
With a diameter of 63 ft (19.25 m) and a
weight of 4,200 tons (3,800 metric tons),
of the US Navy manned submersible Alvin
this mighty machine is being used
14,800 ft (4,500 m) Maximum diving depth
to dig a new road tunnel beneath
St. Petersburg, Russia.
DEEP

Trieste Deepsea Challenger

Propeller
Measuring 33.8 ft (10.3 m)
across and weighing 113 tons
(102.5 metric tons), this giant
36,200 ft
propeller was built in Germany
(11,030 m)
Challenger.
Trieste; and in
and transported to South Korea.
the submersible
has been visited
Challenger Deep,
twice: in 1960 by
the deepest point,
2012 by Deepsea
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