0.0 m
Surface
Lat. 76° N, Long. 0° W. Good news, Operative: you have been selected to join an exclusive group of physicists and AI engineers accepted to work at our facility. To report in for work, you’ll need to take a submersible ride down to the station aboard the DSV Midgard. Be aware, however, this ride is not for the faint of heart.
200 m
656 feet
It is said that 9/10ths of all ocean creatures live above this depth in the so-called “Sunlight Zone.” Venture deeper, and the light fast begins to fade.
Daylight
zone
Twilight
zone
1000 m
0.6 mile
You have entered the Midnight Zone. Not even the barest glimmer of sunlight succeeds in piercing the volumes of water down here.
1300 m
0.8 mile
A military submarine appears out of the gloom. It is unable to venture any deeper: its structural integrity wouldn’t withstand the immense pressures: already over 1900 pounds per square inch and increasing fast.
2992 m
1.86 miles
You’re now passing the maximum known depth reached the Cuvier Beaked whale–the deepest-known dive of any whale.
Midnight
zone
Abyss
The Trenches
4800 m
3 miles
Welcome, Operative. You have arrived at the Station, sometimes called the first exocolony ever built. The pressures down here are a crushing 7000 pounds per square inch. Once docking procedures are over, you may locate your Unit Chief and report for work.