Inside the world’s deepest and longest subsea road tunnel
MIT Technology Review Narrated

Inside the world’s deepest and longest subsea road tunnel

B2Upper-intermediateJuly 15, 202621 min

Norway’s Rogfast is an exceptional engineering feat, opening a route for drivers deep below the North Sea. This story was written by Niall Firth and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com

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Welcome to MIT Technology Review Narrated. My name is Matt Honan. I'm our Editor-in-Chief. Every week, we'll bring you a fascinating, new, in-depth story from the leading edge of science and technology, covering topics like AI, biotech, climate, energy, robotics, and more.

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Here's this week's story. I hope you enjoy it. Nile Firth writes, Inside the world's deepest and longest subsea road tunnel. It's cold, it's very, very noisy,

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and if I can be quite honest with you, I'm not feeling super relaxed. I'm currently around 300 meters or 1,000 feet beneath the North Sea in a dark, dank cave.

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