What’s it like to discover a prehistoric forest–one that’s been hidden under water for thousands of years?
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The ruined forest is an otherworldly realm–one that Watson’s diving partner, Rob Spray, likened to J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantastical Middle Earth. It was part of “Doggerland,” a land mass that connected what’s now known as Great Britain to mainland Europe during the last Ice Age–before it was flooded by the North Sea, BBC reported.
