On the 1st of December 1990, British and French tunnel workers achieved a historic breakthrough in the Channel Tunnel project under the English Channel near Calais. Philippe Cozette on the French side and Graham Fagg from the UK shook hands through a small hole drilled in the chalk marl. The event, at 35 meters below the seabed, marked the first land link between Britain and continental Europe since the Ice Age. Workers exchanged flags and champagne in celebration. The 50-kilometer tunnel, bored

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"Driving through the channel tunnel for the first time…was probably one of the scariest things I’ve ever done in my life." As the channel tunnel celebrates its 25th anniversary, the BBC was given unprecedented access to life behind the scenes and beneath the sea bed. (Via BBC South East) bbc.in/2LY4iaA | BBC News