29 June 2024 , 09:25
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'It's a small world' as the saying goes, but surprisingly one place on our planet is so far from anywhere the nearest people are situated on the International Space Station.
Point Nemo, which is named after a submarine sailor from Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is so isolated in the Pacific Ocean, its the furthest point on Earth from land. It's nearest civilisation is that of Easter Island - some 1,600 miles away.
Taking to TikTok, natural world lover 'Psychopoly' explained: "It's weird to think about, but if you were there alone, the closest other people would actually be the astronauts on the International Space Station, which would be 258 miles away."
He added: "If you needed someone's help here, it would take 15 days for the closest people to get to you (via boat), which would be the equivalent of them travelling two thirds of the way across the United States."
Psychopoly also revealed that the location is close to where the 'Bloop' was heard, which has been theorised as the the sounds of an iceberg breaking or a "giant unknown sea creature".
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The clip, which has been viewed more than five million times, left other TikTok users gobsmacked. "I don't want to even think about it," one person declared. Another agreed: "I would never go there alone if I would go there at all."
A third explained: "Nearly 80% of the entire ocean is unexplored, something’s out there I know it." Whilst a fourth said: "Think about this is very straining to the mind."
In 2022, meanwhile, it was reported that NASA was considering whether to kill off the International Space Station by crashing it into the ocean within the next ten years. The space agency said it plans to take the lab out of orbit in January 2031 by sending it to a "spacecraft cemetery" - Point Nemo.
And earlier this year, explore Chris Brown, 62, made headlines as the first person to reach Point Nemo. Accompanied by his 30-year old son, Mika, the pair from Harrogate managed to sail to the pole within nine days, before documenting their trip on social media.