{"id":12839,"date":"2024-06-26T09:44:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T09:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12839"},"modified":"2024-06-26T09:44:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T09:44:53","slug":"oceangate-co-founder-to-lead-dive-into-one-of-the-worlds-deepest-ocean-sinkholes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12839","title":{"rendered":"OceanGate co-founder to lead dive into one of the world\u2019s deepest ocean sinkholes"},"content":{"rendered":"

OceanGate co-founder Guillermo S\u00f6hnlein is leading a dive into Dean’s Blue Hole alongside two others<\/h2>\n

OceanGate’s co-founder is heading to the Bahamas for a historic dive into one of the world’s deepest ocean sinkholes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

OceanGate was founded in 2009 by\u00a0Stockton Rush<\/a>\u00a0and Guillermo S\u00f6hnlein, but S\u00f6hnlein eventually left to create his own company, Blue Marble Exploration, four years later.<\/p>\n

Rush was one of the five people to have sadly lost their lives last year after\u00a0an OceanGate sub<\/a> that set out to look at the wreckage of the Titanic imploded.<\/p>\n

Now S\u00f6hnlein is planning on diving into the third deepest ocean sinkhole in the world – Dean’s Blue Hole.<\/p>\n

The hole, which is hailed as an ‘enigma for geologists’, formed more than 15,000 years ago but very little is known about it.<\/p>\n

Located in the Bahamas, the sinkhole is 202 meters deep and is ‘virtually unexplored’, according to the company.<\/p>\n

As to why it has seldom been explored is down to its extremely remote location that’s difficult to\u00a0travel<\/a>\u00a0to. It sits in a bay west of Clarence Town on Long Island.<\/p>\n

As well as this, Dean’s Blue Hole has a vase-like configuration meaning that it’s narrow at the top and leads to a larger chamber below.<\/p>\n

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Dean’s Blue Hole can be found in The Bahamas. (Matt Porteous\/Getty)<\/cite><\/div>\n

S\u00f6hnlein himself will be going on the dive and will be accompanied by\u00a0scientist<\/a>\u00a0Kenny Broad and chief medical officer and former\u00a0NASA<\/a>\u00a0astronaut Scott Parazynski, New York Post\u00a0reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It hasn’t been reported when the dive will be taking place.<\/p>\n

The team will have a series of obstacles that they’ll have to tackle to achieve their goal of reaching the bottom of the sinkhole; one being currents and thermal layers.<\/p>\n

“Geologists believe there may be openings along the walls of the main chamber that connect Dean\u2019s to the Atlantic Ocean,”\u00a0the website<\/a>\u00a0explains. “This can potentially cause unforeseen currents and thermal layers that could interfere with underwater operations.”<\/p>\n

Elsewhere there’s Dean’s Blue Hole’s pressure and visibility issues. The three-man team will endure extreme pressure the further down the sinkhole they get and will hit highs of 300 pounds per square inch (around 20 times as much as you’d experience on the surface).<\/p>\n

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The huge sinkhole is yet to be properly explored. (Adri B Freitas Brandao\/Getty)<\/cite><\/div>\n

There’s also limited services nearby to where Dean’s Blue Hole, meaning they may struggle to get help if they get into any difficulties.<\/p>\n

Then there’s what actually lurks beneath the sinkhole’s surface.<\/p>\n

“Locals believe that Dean\u2019s is a portal to hell and the Devil himself lurks in the black depths,” says the company.<\/p>\n

“Each year, several people drown in Dean\u2019s due to a variety of misfortunes. We fully expect to find human remains and prepare to handle those situations with proper respect for the families.”<\/p>\n

It’s estimated that between 130 to 200 divers have died in the sinkhole’s waters in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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