The co-founders of OceanGate are preparing to go where humans have never gone before, a year after the company’s submersible imploded on its way to the Titanic, killing five people.
Guillermo Söhnlein, co-founder of Blue Marble Exploration, will send a submarine into the 663-foot-deep underwater sinkhole that completely surrounds the Bahamas.
According to Popular Mechanics, this drop is a scientific estimate because no one has reached the bottom.
“The Sapphire Abyss expedition… will revolutionize our understanding of one of the world’s most fascinating underwater caves,” Blue Marble Exploration’s website states.
One year after OCEANGATE imploded…
OceanGate submarine dives underwater. The company’s co-founders are planning an underwater adventure in the Bahamas. (YouTube/Screenshot-OceanGate)
Named after a Bahamian fisherman and officially known as Dean’s Blue Hole, this massive crater attracts adventurous divers to its bottom.
However, according to Popular Mechanics, everyone died trying, including an American in 2013.
Due to their size, unknown and unforgiving nature, these geographical phenomena evolved into legends about the devil himself living at the bottom of the cave.
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Others believe it leads directly to hell, hence the name “Gate to Hell.”
“In the first comprehensive scientific survey of the region, our scientists will use cutting-edge underwater ROV technology to remotely venture into some of the most inhospitable environments on Earth in search of unprecedented discoveries,” the website says.
Officially known as Dean’s Blue Hole, after a Bahamian fisherman, this “Gateway to Hell” is an underwater sinkhole estimated to be 663 feet deep. (Google Street View)
Söhnlein told The Independent that unlike Titanic’s fatal disaster mission at 12,500 feet underwater, this mission will be carried out only by professionals and will not include tourists.
The goal of the mission along Hell’s Gate is to “unlock new knowledge about marine ecosystems, Earth’s ancient climate, and potentially reveal undiscovered species,” according to the Blue Marble Exploration website.
No one has ever reached the bottom of “Hell’s Gate,” an underwater sinkhole that surrounds the Bahamas. (Google Street View)
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“Dean’s Blue Hole remains virtually unexplored,” the website says, making it an “ideal location” for potential scientific discoveries.
“This expedition provides investors with a unique opportunity to support groundbreaking research that could yield transformative insights and global environmental benefits.”
