21 April 2004

Soviet warships are still cruising around the point which is marked on the map by the coordinates 73°44' N and 13°18'E. It is there, about 100 nautical miles off Bear Island, that the wreck of the Soviet Northern Fleet's Mike submarine is lying at a depth of 1,500 meters. According to Stockholm's SIPRI, it was the only submarine of that kind in the Soviet Navy. It is also probable that it was carrying a few top-secret prototype military devices. Therefore, the rumors spread by the Norwegian press of the planned salvage of the wreck, or at least part of it, by Soviet rescue vessels, seem perfectly plausible.

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