The remotest spot on the planet, where the closest land is 1, 670 miles away, gaining it literary and cultural attention. The area is about 34 times larger than France and is mostly lifeless, with marine life remaining particularly undeveloped due to its remoteness and weak ocean currents.... The area was officially discovered in 1992, by Croatian survey engineer Hrvoje Lukatela and has not been explored in person much since.... In 1997, deep microphones recorded the famous Bloop sound on the