99% of the internet travels along the ocean floor. These sea guardians keep it afloat
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Courtesy The Verge
“The reason websites continue to load, bank transfers go through, and civilization persists is because of the thousand or so people living aboard 20-some ships stationed around the world, who race to fix each subsea cable as soon as it breaks.” What a story!