Apparently, the Nazi's were a little desperate at the end of WWII and decided that they would load up a submarine with some scientists and weaponized mercury and set sail for Japan. The thought being that mercury-toting Japanese would somehow divert attention away from Germany. Long story short , the British sank the submarine not far from the Norwegian port it left from.Well, years later this little bundle of weapons-grade mercury sat undiscovered until it was found in 2003...and quickly cordoned off. There are now thousands of degrading mercury capsules that they need to deal with as it is slowly seeping to the surface. That is a picture of one of the capsules.
Are they going to raise it? Nope. They are going to cover it in sand and gravel to trap the dangerous cargo that sits in 500 feet of water.
Kinda cool.
1. Just when you think we've discovered everything from the past (in this case WWII) something new comes to light.
Too bad it's toxic.
Posted at 6:08PM on Dec 23rd 2006 by Eric Brodeur