This was supposed to be an empty stretch of ocean… But then how do you explain THIS? 

New island

As it turns out: this part of the ocean, which had been empty for millennia, was no longer empty. The scientists couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw an island, with a diameter of approximately 1 kilometer. This was extremely strange. It reminded some of the scientists of the hit television show Lost. How had they not found this island before?

One of the scientists explains on the next page.