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Is a Russian nuclear sub
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on a secret spy mission
when a deadly fire breaks out?
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This kind of sabotage
would bring
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the Western world to its knees.
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Can cutting-edge
forensic technology
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reveal the identity
of human remains
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buried in an eerie
Scandinavian lake?
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There are so many of them,
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it obviously
could not be a single murder.
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And what can explain a bizarre
toxic haze hitting England's beaches?
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A day of fun at the beach
turns into a nightmare.
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The underwater realm
is another dimension.
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It's a physically hostile place
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where dreams of promise
can sink into darkness.
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I'm Jeremy Wade,
and I'm searching the world
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to bring you the most iconic and baffling
underwater mysteries known to science.
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The vast majority
of our ocean is unobserved,
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unmapped, and unexplored.
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It's a dangerous frontier
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that swallows evidence...
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You have nowhere to run.
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...where unknown
is normal
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and understanding is rare.
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We think of the internet
as something
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that exists "in the cloud"
but, incredibly,
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99.5% of it is located
at the bottom of the ocean.
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Email, banking data,
and top-secret intel,
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all transported by a vast
network of underwater cables.
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So, when a mysterious
Russian spy submarine
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catches fire
in the Arctic Ocean,
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tragically killing
most of her crew,
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it brings to light
how vulnerable
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these cables might be
to sabotage.
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Do subs like this have the capability
to cripple the Western world?
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And if so, will we be ready
and able to stop them?
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July 1st, 2019.
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A Russian
nuclear-powered submarine
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emerges discreetly in the Port of
Severomorsk, on the Kola Peninsula.
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The vessel
is in a state of emergency.
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The submarine is badly damaged
after catching fire in the Barents Sea.
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There are reports
that up to 14 people have died.
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This is Russia's deadliest
submarine accident in over a decade.
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This sub is Russia's
most secret naval asset,
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and any information
about it is classified.
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Russian authorities
are very reluctant
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to talk about
their military operations.
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Moscow's silence
raises suspicion all over the world.
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The question
everyone wants to know,
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what was this nuclear sub up
to when the accident happened?
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Details are scarce.
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The Russian Minister of Defense
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doesn't name the submarine and
actually says that it's a state secret.
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The response
prompts accusations of a cover-up
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and a lack of transparency that draws
parallels with past nuclear disasters.
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In the 1980s,
with the Chernobyl incident,
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the Russian government
stayed silent for over three days.
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And it echoes another
well-known tragic nuclear sub accident,
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the Kursk.
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Where 118
Russian submariners died,
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the Russian government
stayed silent for over two days.
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In 2019, will this tragedy
also be shrouded in mystery?
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A day after the incident,
the Minister of Defense
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does let slip one piece
of intriguing information.
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The Russian Minister said the
submarine was mapping the seafloor.
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Ocean mapping is a classic cover
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for top-secret
underwater missions.
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Is that the case here?
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The identities of the 14
deceased submariners
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are released to the public
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and it's a bombshell revelation.
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These weren't your usual
Russian submarine personnel.
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These were the elite of the
Russian Submarine Service.
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So much so,
they have their own name.
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They're called
"the Hydronauts."
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They were very high-ranking.
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This indicates that there
was a special mission
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that required
their presence on board.
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You can rebuild
a submarine far easier
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than you can build
experienced crew.
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So, losing the crew, that's a
loss of a tremendous asset.
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The presence of the Hydronauts
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could throw doubt on the claim
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that the sub was only mapping
the seafloor.
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Was this mission more ominous?
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A Russian news channel
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identifies the mysterious
submarine as the AS-31, Losharik.
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The Losharik
is a top-secret submersible.
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It belongs to intelligence, research,
and development organization.
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Its last known location
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was only 60 nautical miles
east of Norway.
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What was it doing so suspiciously
close to a foreign coastline?
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At the time of the accident,
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there was actually a NATO exercise
taking place in the Norwegian sea.
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Submarines from
France, Germany, Norway,
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the UK, and the United States
are all there on this training mission.
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They have one country in mind.
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Russia.
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Is it merely a coincidence that
this ship enters these waters
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during such an important
NATO training exercise?
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Was the Losharik
spying on these maneuvers?
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Literally
a goldmine of information
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being put out there during
these training exercises.
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This isn't the first time
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Russian military presence has
been so close to Norwegian borders.
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It seems that these waters are most
important to Russia, but the question is why.
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It's no secret that Russia
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has big ambitions to dominate
this Arctic region.
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The Arctic has been
of strategic interest
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to Russia since the beginning
of the Cold War,
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where it kept
its nuclear weapons arsenal.
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Arctic region is enormous.
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Russia has expanded its military
along the whole Arctic coast.
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Losharik is just one
of a growing number of
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nuclear-powered submarines
and icebreakers in the region.
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Russia has bases and operation
area for the strategic submarines,
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which are capable of launching
intercontinental ballistic missiles
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toward the United States
and Canada.
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But does the accident
on board the doomed Losharik
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expose another possible
reason why Russia
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needs a strong naval presence
in the Arctic,
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an area that's just beginning to
reveal its untapped treasures?
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In 2017, Putin
suggested that the Arctic
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contains over $35 trillion
in untapped natural resources.
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It's the proverbial goldmine.
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And vessels like Losharik can
now access these rich waters
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through shipping routes made
possible by the melting ice sheets.
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But it means other countries
also have their eyes on the Arctic.
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This makes Russia very nervous.
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So, the Losharik
contributes to this in the way
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that it strengthens the
Russian presence in the region.
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But the sub's
secret experimental design
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may hint at an even more
threatening agenda,
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one that could cripple the West.
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As the ice cap melts
in the Arctic Ocean,
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countries all over the world
are racing to get their hands
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on the area's untapped
wealth of natural resources.
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Could the Losharik be part
of Russia's secret plans
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to control these
extremely lucrative waters?
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What the Losharik
was doing in the Arctic
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at the time of the fire
is still a mystery,
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but the sub's
advanced capabilities
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and unusual design
may provide vital clues.
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This particular submarine
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is composed of a number
of titanium spheres.
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They're also
very enclosed spaces,
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so if something goes wrong
in one of them,
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then that could become the
tomb of anybody who is in there.
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Three days after the incident,
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it's revealed that the fire started
in the sub's battery compartment.
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Although the vessel
was nuclear-powered,
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it does have batteries
as secondary source of power.
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And batteries under sea,
they can let off gases.
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So, the crew would've
been trapped in small areas,
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and it would've been
full of fire and smoke,
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and it would've contributed
to their death.
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So, in the wrong circumstances,
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the Losharik
could become a death trap.
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Why was it designed in a way
that could endanger its crew?
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A series of spheres inside
allows it to dive deeper
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than a conventional
submarine would.
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The Losharik
was designed to carry out
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special operations
at unusually extreme depths,
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possibly up to 20,000 feet down.
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This is ten times deeper than the
operational depth of a US submarine.
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The nuclear-powered sub
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is equipped
with another strange element.
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It has retractable manipulator
arms on the outside of its hull.
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Why would the Losharik
need these robotic arms?
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The sub's advanced capabilities
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give Western intelligence
reason to be suspicious.
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Losharik could be hiding
a sinister agenda,
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one that would bring
mayhem across the globe.
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Maybe the submarine
was trying to do
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something very clandestine
and potentially illegal.
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Today, nearly all
of our daily communications
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are carried
through underwater cables,
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nearly 750,000 miles of them,
running along the seafloor.
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On a daily basis,
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what could be going through
these fiber-optic cables?
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Well, it could be
financial transactions,
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it could be any kind
of secret communications.
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It could be the Allied Nations
communicating
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with their military assets
around the world.
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Western intelligence
speculates that with its unique design,
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the Losharik's mission was to
tamper with these deep-sea cables
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and, possibly,
even sabotage them.
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This is 2015.
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Various NATO officials
were reporting
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that Russian submarines were
operating quite close to the seabed cables.
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And, of course,
the question was why.
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Severing them, severing
the flow of information
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would strike very hard the
economic and financial system,
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and probably would wreak havoc
on the Western societies.
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So far,
there is no hard evidence
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that confirms
Losharik's true mission.
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But what's telling is that,
even after the tragic fire
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that killed
14 elite submariners,
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it remains
a crucial asset for Russia.
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Losharik will be repaired
and it will return to service
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because it's so important
for the research,
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for the intelligence gathering,
for the Russian Navy,
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and the Russian
Armed Forces in general.
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This mysterious sub
will take years to repair,
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but its potential to wreak havoc
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in the future remains very real.
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Ancient underwater burial sites
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have been discovered
all over Northern Europe,
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but few are as mysterious as the
one found in a remote lake in Finland,
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where the remains of around
100 people are uncovered.
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Who these bones belong to
and why they are here
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have remained unanswered
for over three centuries.
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Now, with incredible advances
in DNA technology,
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these cryptic bones might
finally start to reveal their secrets.
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2018.
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Scientists are examining
human remains
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discovered in a very strange,
gruesome-looking lake
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in western Finland,
known as Levanluhta.
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It's a real mystical
but eerie site.
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In the springtime,
the lake's iron-rich,
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blood-like water foams up
through the ground.
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Devoid of oxygen, it's
perfect for preserving bones.
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This stops
the microorganisms from eating
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the bodies of dead people
buried inside of them.
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The mystery begins in 1884,
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when local men
working in Levanluhta
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are shocked to discover
eight human skulls.
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And it doesn't stop there.
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More and more
human bones are recovered.
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The remains of approximately
100 people were found at this site.
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It's a gruesome discovery.
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Something extraordinary
is going on at Levanluhta.
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It takes nearly
150 years for scientists
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to piece together clues
from the human remains,
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and start to unravel the riddle
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of how so many bodies ended
up in this chilling watery grave.
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A mysterious
and grisly lake in Finland
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is giving up
numerous human remains.
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Archeologists suspect they could
be the victims of a brutal sacrifice.
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Will contemporary forensic
analysis reveal the lake's dark secret?
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When you find
bones of dead people,
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you wonder where they came from.
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Are they, you know, ancient?
Are they a murder victim?
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When the mass of
human remains is uncovered in 1884,
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it's assumed they are war
victims from the 16th century.
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People believed
that these bodies might be
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from the Cudgel War,
which was a peasant uprising.
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The peasants were
fighting against exploitation
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by the nobility
and the military.
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The name "cudgel" comes from the
type of weapons that the peasants used.
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Blunt objects,
such as the cudgel.
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The war
was known for its weapons,
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but no weapons
are found at Levanluhta.
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And the investigation throws
yet another perplexing conundrum
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that scientists
just can't solve.
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Shockingly, they discovered that the
bones are mostly women and children.
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The presence
of women and children
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doesn't fit with the characteristics
of a typical war grave.
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At the turn of the 20th century,
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an anthropologist throws even
more doubt on the Cudgel War theory.
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Analysis of the skeletal remains
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reveals that the skulls
are strangely narrower
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and longer than those
of Finnish people.
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Anthropologists propose that the
people are not from Finland at all,
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but from mainland Europe,
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where there are records of sacrificial
rituals and burying the dead in water.
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There are multiple
examples of watery graves
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and water burials
in Northern Europe.
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We often see watery burials
as a sacrifice to the gods,
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in which case criminals or bandits
could be the ones who were buried there.
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They're usually found
strangled, uh, bound.
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Uh, there's acts of violence,
throats slit.
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But the bones
found in Levanluhta
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are missing a crucial piece of
evidence to support this theory.
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These Finnish remains,
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there appears to be
no acts of violence.
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The Levanluhta
remains show no signs of trauma,
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so this could be evidence
that this wasn't a sacrifice.
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It's not until 1993
that a breakthrough
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in forensic science begins
to untangle this mystery.
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Through radiocarbon analysis,
scientists can finally date the bones.
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Turns out they date
to the Iron Age.
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The radiocarbon date
suggests that these people
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died somewhere
between 500 and 700 A.D.
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Now, with specific dates,
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archeologists investigate
what was going on
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in Levanluhta around this time.
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They turn
to ancient Norse mythology,
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and it provides a crucial clue
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of a terrifying doomsday event.
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Ancient Norse mythology
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mentions three successive
winters without any summer,
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which they call
the Fimbulwinter.
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In the legend, snow comes in from
all directions and ends all life on Earth.
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A recent study in
2019 links the Fimbulwinter
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to a series of real-life
volcanic eruptions
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in Central America
in the 6th century.
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A huge volcanic eruption,
which brought darkness
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and social collapse
across the world.
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This would've
impacted agriculture.
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It would've led to crop loss and famine
all across the northern hemisphere.
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Did crop failures cause the
Levanluhta people to die of starvation?
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In 2019, with new technology,
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scientists finally analyze
the bones to determine
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if this freak climate disaster
could be the cause of death.
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Isotopic analysis is
used to reconstruct ancient diets.
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And the way that it's done is by looking
at the carbon and the nitrogen values,
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and by doing that, comparing
it to different food sources.
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Isotopic analysis
reveals something unexpected.
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These people exploited food
from three sources,
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sea, earth, and fresh water.
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They had
an incredibly varied diet,
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and were actually
really healthy when they died.
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Their versatile diets
would make them well equipped
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to deal with any sort of crop
failure due to a catastrophic event.
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So, modern science
rules out the possibility
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that this extreme, long
winter killed the lake victims.
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After a nearly
150-year investigation,
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are we any closer to knowing why so
many bodies ended up in Levanluhta Lake?
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Answers could be concealed in the ancient
traditions of these mysterious people.
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The ancient
Levanluhta Lake bones
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are so well preserved
that they still hold vital clues
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about who these people might be.
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DNA technology may
finally reveal the identity of the people
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who were buried
in this watery grave.
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In 2019, after samples
of the bones are DNA tested,
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the scientists
make a major breakthrough
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in this nearly
150-year-old investigation.
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DNA testing indicates
that these are Sami people.
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The Sami
are indigenous to Finland,
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but they inhabit areas much further
north, nowhere close to the lake.
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What were these Sami people
doing so far south?
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And how did they all end up
in an underwater grave?
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With the latest
genetic revelations,
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the puzzle pieces
are coming together.
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Finnish scientists
now have a new theory
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as to why these people
were buried in a lake.
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And the answer could be
found deep in Sami mythology.
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The Sami word "saiva"
is used to refer
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to a holy lake and the spirits
living within it.
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Saiva lakes take on magical
and mystical properties,
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and they represent the
underworld for the Sami people.
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Were these ancient
Sami people buried in the lake,
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which they believed to be
a gateway to the afterlife?
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This exciting new evidence
in an investigation
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that has lasted
nearly a century and a half
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is beginning
to rewrite the story
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of one of Europe's most
extraordinary burial sites.
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The mystery of why
these Sami people were buried
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in Levanluhta Lake
is not yet solved.
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However, as modern technology
continues to transform archeology,
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it may one day bring us closer to
fully understanding our ancestors
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and their connection
to the underwater world.
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A summer day
at the beach turns ugly
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when a strange haze
hits England's southern coast
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and hundreds of people
end up in the hospital.
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No one's sure what's causing it,
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and it's followed
by similar incidents.
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Can authorities
solve this toxic beach mystery
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before even more people
fall ill?
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August 2017.
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Birling Gap Beach on the
southern coast of England.
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Crowds are enjoying one of
the hottest days of the year.
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Then, like a scene
from a horror movie,
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the air turns
into a yellowy haze
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and begins to smell
unbearably foul.
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Is everybody all right?
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Some say it's like the smell
of burnt plastic, and corpses.
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A nice day out in the sunshine
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turns into a nightmare
for these beachgoers.
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Passersby are
heaving and retching
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after coming in contact
with this toxic mist.
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One person captures
the bizarre moment on video.
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Kyle, when did you
first start to notice
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things weren't quite right
on the beach?
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I noticed...
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well, like I said, there was
a yellowy-colored cloud
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getting closer
and closer to the coastline.
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I noticed more and more
people around us,
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they were coughing and
spluttering, eyes watering.
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This is
such an unusual incident.
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It must be really scary not
knowing what was happening.
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Everyone was rushing
to their cars,
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there was traffic everywhere.
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Coast guards and fire service,
police, ambulance.
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So strange to just...
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Like, probably
thousands of people
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just emptying out
on the road, and just...
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There was definitely mass
panic going on at the same time.
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A major incident is declared.
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The local hospital
ends up carrying out
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one of the biggest massive
decontaminations in England's history.
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About 200 people
went to the hospital.
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This frightening toxic
haze is coming in from the sea.
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But what's causing it is a
mystery that no one can figure out.
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The scene in Birling Gap
reminds people
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of a similar freakish
incident four years earlier.
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In 2013, citizens living
in South England
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complain of nausea and headaches,
and a foul, rotten egg stench.
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This time, authorities can
pinpoint where it's coming from.
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A gas leak from a power
station in Normandy
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that has traveled 200 miles
to the UK shore.
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If the wind
is blowing the wrong way,
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then all that pollution
gets blown across to the UK.
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00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,233
Is another gas leak
from France to be blamed
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for causing a stink on Britain's
shore again, four years later?
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Scientists have
tried reverse-modeling the winds
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at those particular times to pinpoint
the location of the source of these toxins.
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The models show
that on August 27th, 2017,
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the surface air had come
from an easterly direction
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and, before that, had been parallel
to the coast and coming from the west.
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So, a gas leak in France is
quickly ruled out as the cause.
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There's no doubt, however,
that the strange haze
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is coming from somewhere
out at sea.
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Could the answer be found in
a lethal marine phenomenon?
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In different water bodies,
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you will have what's called
an algal bloom,
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and this can happen
as the seasons are warming up.
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Algal blooms are known
sometimes to produce
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toxic chemicals
that are not good for people.
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Two days after the incident,
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water samples are taken and
tested for signs of an algal bloom.
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The measurements
that were done in this case
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suggested there just wasn't
enough algae in the water
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to be producing anything that would
harm human health on the beach.
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So, what did cause
this toxic mist?
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If it's not coming
from the water,
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are there any other clues
hiding in the air we breathe?
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Authorities turn to local
air monitoring stations,
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and they reveal
something disturbing.
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When a toxic haze
hits the southern coast of Britain,
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what's causing it
leaves scientists puzzled.
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Could the answer lie in the foul
smell coming from the toxic fog?
433
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,100
If people are
reporting smelling rotten eggs,
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my first idea is going to be
there's sulfur dioxide out there.
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00:27:21,533 --> 00:27:23,400
One air monitoring station
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reports an unusual increase
in sulfur dioxide.
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00:27:28,333 --> 00:27:34,067
Meteorological evidence already
suggests the source is off-shore.
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00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:38,633
So, the sulfur dioxide seems to be
coming from the English Channel.
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00:27:38,667 --> 00:27:42,800
The sulfur dioxide could have come
from ships in the English Channel.
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The English Channel
separates the UK and France,
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00:27:45,967 --> 00:27:49,600
and it's one of the world's
busiest shipping lanes.
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00:27:49,633 --> 00:27:54,066
But how could this have
produced toxic sulfur dioxide?
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00:27:54,067 --> 00:27:58,500
Many cargo ships contain
hazardous and deadly chemicals.
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00:27:58,533 --> 00:28:02,067
So, sometimes, shipping
containers might fall off a ship,
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00:28:02,100 --> 00:28:03,733
which cause hazardous chemicals
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to enter the water
and end up on nearby beaches.
447
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,533
Authorities
investigate the ships
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that were in the area at
the time of the toxic haze.
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00:28:13,567 --> 00:28:17,400
There are no reports of
sulfur dioxide-related accidents.
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00:28:19,100 --> 00:28:21,633
Baffled authorities draw a blank
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00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:23,800
and are no closer
to solving the mystery
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of the toxic haze
in Birling Gap.
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00:28:27,367 --> 00:28:28,700
The case goes cold...
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until two years later.
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In 2019, only 25 miles away,
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00:28:35,067 --> 00:28:39,200
a scarily familiar state of
emergency is declared on the coast.
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00:28:40,233 --> 00:28:42,967
Witnesses described people
heaving and retching.
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00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,700
The beaches are evacuated.
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00:28:45,733 --> 00:28:48,300
Adding to the fear,
the nightmare continues
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00:28:48,333 --> 00:28:52,433
along the same coastline in
yet another frightening scene.
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00:28:52,467 --> 00:28:58,667
Only two weeks later, another
150 people fall ill on the coastline.
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Could the toxic
chemical have returned?
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00:29:04,133 --> 00:29:06,067
And authorities are very worried
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00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:08,933
the whole thing
could happen again.
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00:29:08,967 --> 00:29:13,400
With three near-identical
cases within the space of two years,
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00:29:13,433 --> 00:29:15,633
scientists desperately
need to crack
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00:29:15,667 --> 00:29:17,967
the unknown source
of the toxic haze.
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00:29:20,067 --> 00:29:22,433
Satellite data
could hold the answer
469
00:29:22,467 --> 00:29:24,400
that everybody
desperately seeks.
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In 2017,
a satellite image captures
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00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:31,967
a strange plume coming
from the English Channel.
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00:29:34,433 --> 00:29:40,167
One theory is that
these toxic gases might come
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00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:45,133
from some release of toxic
substances from shipwrecks.
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They do often change,
move, adjust,
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00:29:48,933 --> 00:29:55,233
and you do get leakage of
potentially polluting substances.
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00:29:55,267 --> 00:29:58,067
The English Channel
is littered with shipwrecks
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00:29:58,100 --> 00:30:02,033
sunk during the First
and Second World Wars.
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00:30:02,067 --> 00:30:03,967
These underwater
ticking-time bombs
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00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,767
could be an explanation for the hazardous
chemicals that arrive on the beach.
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00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,433
The satellite image
seems to show the plume
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coming from almost exactly
the same location
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as a shipwreck sunk
by a German mine in 1917.
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00:30:19,133 --> 00:30:23,500
It's known that there was a shipwreck
from World War I, the SS Mira,
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00:30:23,533 --> 00:30:28,367
that lays in that particular
part of the seabed.
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00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,900
Investigators
work out that if chemicals
486
00:30:30,933 --> 00:30:33,333
from the wreck were
transported in the water,
487
00:30:33,367 --> 00:30:36,167
it's possible they
could've reached Birling Gap
488
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:40,033
at the exact same time
the incident was reported.
489
00:30:40,067 --> 00:30:42,933
If the toxic plume
was in the air, however,
490
00:30:42,967 --> 00:30:45,100
because of the easterly
wind direction,
491
00:30:45,133 --> 00:30:48,667
the wreck is unlikely
to have been the source.
492
00:30:48,700 --> 00:30:51,033
Authorities now believe
a shipwreck
493
00:30:51,067 --> 00:30:54,100
leaking a toxic chemical
is plausible,
494
00:30:54,133 --> 00:30:58,700
but it hasn't yet been categorically
confirmed as the toxic culprit.
495
00:31:00,767 --> 00:31:03,400
A massive effort
has been made to track down
496
00:31:03,433 --> 00:31:07,067
the source of this bizarre
and terrifying haze,
497
00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:09,800
but there's still
no definitive answer.
498
00:31:09,833 --> 00:31:12,233
And whether
this poisonous seaside air
499
00:31:12,267 --> 00:31:17,500
will become more frequent and
more dangerous remains a mystery.
500
00:31:26,367 --> 00:31:29,433
When divers explore
a 300-year-old wreck
501
00:31:29,467 --> 00:31:31,733
in the icy depths
of the Baltic Sea,
502
00:31:31,767 --> 00:31:34,900
they uncover
a vast amount of cargo,
503
00:31:34,933 --> 00:31:37,233
including an unexpected find.
504
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,100
Fragments of a Bible.
505
00:31:40,133 --> 00:31:43,600
Researchers are perplexed
by how these paper pages
506
00:31:43,633 --> 00:31:47,933
could've survived underwater
for three centuries.
507
00:31:47,967 --> 00:31:50,667
In their quest for answers,
they revealed a ship
508
00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:54,267
with a saintly name
but a sinful past.
509
00:31:55,133 --> 00:31:56,867
2002.
510
00:31:56,900 --> 00:32:00,533
A team of Russian divers
is exploring a shipwreck
511
00:32:00,567 --> 00:32:03,767
hiding in the cold, dark
waters of the Baltic Sea.
512
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,167
They believe
it could be the wreck
513
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:12,800
of an 18th-century vessel that was
entangled in a corruption scandal
514
00:32:12,833 --> 00:32:14,633
at the time of Peter the Great.
515
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,133
It's reputed to be hiding
secret and illegal cargo.
516
00:32:22,867 --> 00:32:26,200
Piecing together information
from historical records
517
00:32:26,233 --> 00:32:28,333
and exploration of the wreck,
518
00:32:28,367 --> 00:32:31,567
the divers hope to find
clues that will confirm
519
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,500
that this is the infamous
ship they've been looking for.
520
00:32:35,933 --> 00:32:39,633
They focus their attention
first on some pieces of wood.
521
00:32:42,133 --> 00:32:45,933
They find bits of timber, which
they can then radiocarbon date.
522
00:32:46,933 --> 00:32:48,067
Radiocarbon dating
523
00:32:49,067 --> 00:32:52,600
came within dates
about 1650 to 1680,
524
00:32:52,633 --> 00:32:54,600
so it had to be made after that.
525
00:32:56,233 --> 00:33:00,500
More intriguing
is a broken ceramic dish.
526
00:33:00,533 --> 00:33:04,300
It features an image of the
biblical Archangel Raphael,
527
00:33:04,333 --> 00:33:08,367
engraved with the date 1696.
528
00:33:09,233 --> 00:33:10,967
These two pieces
of dating evidence
529
00:33:11,067 --> 00:33:14,233
indicate this is the wreck
of the Archangel Raphael.
530
00:33:14,267 --> 00:33:17,600
The archeologists realize they've
found a very special shipwreck.
531
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,633
The divers have conclusive proof
532
00:33:20,667 --> 00:33:22,833
they found a notorious shipwreck
533
00:33:22,867 --> 00:33:26,067
with a 300-year-old
unsolved mystery.
534
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,833
Historical sourcessuggest the Archangel Raphael
535
00:33:31,867 --> 00:33:35,267
could've been laden with
smuggled cargo when it sank.
536
00:33:36,933 --> 00:33:39,067
After three centuries
under water,
537
00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:43,167
is there a trove of contraband
still hiding inside the wreck?
538
00:33:45,133 --> 00:33:47,200
Researchers begin
their investigation
539
00:33:47,233 --> 00:33:49,767
in Russian State Navy archives,
540
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,800
hoping to reconstruct
the ship's final voyage.
541
00:33:54,667 --> 00:33:57,400
October 1724,
542
00:33:57,433 --> 00:34:00,733
the merchant ship
departs St. Petersburg.
543
00:34:00,767 --> 00:34:05,067
Its intended destination, the
German port city of Lubeck.
544
00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:08,267
It's normal for the trade
545
00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:10,533
between the German
and Russian ports,
546
00:34:10,567 --> 00:34:12,500
from St. Petersburg
to Lubeck,
547
00:34:12,533 --> 00:34:16,400
there is a row of trading towns,
548
00:34:16,433 --> 00:34:19,533
really, entrepots
along the coast.
549
00:34:19,567 --> 00:34:22,066
It was a vibrant
trading economy,
550
00:34:22,067 --> 00:34:25,833
and the Archangel Raphael
was a key part of this.
551
00:34:26,867 --> 00:34:28,533
The location
of the wreck, however,
552
00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:32,567
is mysteriously far away
from its intended route.
553
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,400
Well, the ship was
originally headed to Lubeck,
554
00:34:35,433 --> 00:34:37,900
which is nowhere close
to where it was found.
555
00:34:37,933 --> 00:34:39,500
So, what the heck
was it doing there?
556
00:34:40,633 --> 00:34:42,300
Luckily for the investigators,
557
00:34:42,333 --> 00:34:46,066
details of the ship's sinking
are well documented,
558
00:34:46,067 --> 00:34:49,500
and they are yielding
some critical clues.
559
00:34:49,533 --> 00:34:52,933
The historical
archives suggest that this ship
560
00:34:52,967 --> 00:34:58,066
was lost by getting stuck
in ice and, as the ice moves,
561
00:34:58,067 --> 00:35:02,233
the ship is basically
crushed and dragged.
562
00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:04,633
The crew all survive
and are able
563
00:35:04,667 --> 00:35:08,600
to successfully get away
from the ship before it sinks.
564
00:35:08,633 --> 00:35:11,067
The records describe
how local inhabitants
565
00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:13,933
try to salvage cargo
through an ice-hole
566
00:35:13,967 --> 00:35:16,967
a few months
after the ship goes down.
567
00:35:17,067 --> 00:35:20,133
They recover over 350
bales of leather,
568
00:35:20,167 --> 00:35:23,433
and say there's more cargo
out of reach inside the wreck.
569
00:35:24,867 --> 00:35:26,233
In their quest to discover
570
00:35:26,267 --> 00:35:28,300
if these could be
smuggled goods,
571
00:35:28,333 --> 00:35:32,367
the investigators turn to
original customs documents.
572
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,067
And they expose
something highly suspicious.
573
00:35:37,467 --> 00:35:38,967
When the Archangel Raphael
574
00:35:39,067 --> 00:35:42,433
departs St. Petersburg
in October of 1724,
575
00:35:42,467 --> 00:35:44,900
according to customs records,
it's nearly empty.
576
00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:49,733
This contradicts
what the local divers saw.
577
00:35:49,767 --> 00:35:52,300
There might have been
some smuggling going on.
578
00:35:53,567 --> 00:35:55,500
The ship was clearly
up to no good.
579
00:35:57,067 --> 00:35:59,066
Not only
does this strongly suggest
580
00:35:59,067 --> 00:36:02,267
the ship was carrying
illegal goods when it sank,
581
00:36:02,300 --> 00:36:05,200
it also helps researchers
understand why the wreck
582
00:36:05,233 --> 00:36:08,867
is far from its
intended destination.
583
00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:12,533
It's thought Archangel Raphael
stops on the way to Lubeck
584
00:36:12,567 --> 00:36:15,800
in a place called
Krasnaya Gorka,
585
00:36:15,833 --> 00:36:19,967
where it could possibly
have taken on the contraband.
586
00:36:20,067 --> 00:36:23,367
This place is well known
for its smuggling activities,
587
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,733
and, suspiciously,
the Archangel Raphael
588
00:36:25,767 --> 00:36:29,467
stays there
for a biblical 40 days.
589
00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:33,333
The long stopover results
in the ship getting trapped in the ice
590
00:36:33,367 --> 00:36:37,167
and abandoned by its crew,
after which it sinks.
591
00:36:38,567 --> 00:36:40,933
Everything on board
the Archangel Raphael,
592
00:36:40,967 --> 00:36:45,400
from personal items to cargo,
is left just as it is.
593
00:36:45,433 --> 00:36:47,066
And the ship lies forgotten
594
00:36:47,067 --> 00:36:50,500
in the Baltic waters
for three centuries.
595
00:36:52,267 --> 00:36:54,233
Until 2014.
596
00:36:55,433 --> 00:36:58,567
Have these
precious artifacts survived?
597
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:03,333
And what dark secrets can they
reveal about the Archangel Raphael?
598
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,600
Russian underwater archeologists
599
00:37:16,633 --> 00:37:19,633
hope to discover what
treasures are hiding inside
600
00:37:19,667 --> 00:37:23,433
the 18th-century shipwreck,
Archangel Raphael,
601
00:37:23,467 --> 00:37:27,533
and whether they've survived
300 years under water.
602
00:37:29,367 --> 00:37:32,066
After investigating
historical records,
603
00:37:32,067 --> 00:37:35,633
maritime archeologists
now need to go underwater
604
00:37:35,667 --> 00:37:38,800
to find out more about this
infamous merchant ship.
605
00:37:41,433 --> 00:37:44,300
The investigators
plan to excavate the ship.
606
00:37:45,767 --> 00:37:48,900
2014, excavations begin.
607
00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:52,500
Divers look for any clues that
might help uncover the truth
608
00:37:52,533 --> 00:37:55,067
about what the ship
is carrying when it sinks.
609
00:37:56,633 --> 00:38:00,700
Is it possible the cargo could
have survived for three centuries?
610
00:38:01,367 --> 00:38:03,367
The beauty of the Baltic Sea
611
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:07,767
when it comes to preserving a
shipwreck, is the water is brackish.
612
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:12,467
All the little critters
that would normally eat
613
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:17,367
and degrade organic materials
just aren't present.
614
00:38:19,067 --> 00:38:23,300
As divers explore inside the
shipwreck, they find something unusual.
615
00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:29,200
They're shocked to find
artifacts covered completely in tar.
616
00:38:29,233 --> 00:38:33,600
Tar was often transported inside
of wooden barrels in this period.
617
00:38:33,633 --> 00:38:35,933
Now, remember
that the ship is locked in ice
618
00:38:35,967 --> 00:38:38,733
and is being gradually,
slowly, over a period of time,
619
00:38:38,767 --> 00:38:41,500
crushed and crushed,
and, eventually,
620
00:38:41,533 --> 00:38:44,900
the tar starts to leak out and it
goes all over the various artifacts.
621
00:38:46,467 --> 00:38:48,567
It's a setback
for the archeologists
622
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,700
who were hoping to find
the artifacts still intact.
623
00:38:53,733 --> 00:38:55,533
Then, the mystery
of the ship's cargo
624
00:38:55,567 --> 00:38:59,467
takes a new twist with the
discovery of a book of psalms.
625
00:39:01,767 --> 00:39:06,200
The book, strangely, is
unlike the other artifacts.
626
00:39:06,233 --> 00:39:08,900
They find one of
the most precious items of cargo
627
00:39:09,533 --> 00:39:10,600
is not covered in tar.
628
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:12,600
And why is this?
629
00:39:12,633 --> 00:39:15,467
Scientists restoring
these pages in their labs
630
00:39:15,500 --> 00:39:19,667
are surprised to find them
perfectly intact and legible.
631
00:39:19,700 --> 00:39:23,700
It's very rare to find paper
preserved on these sorts of sites.
632
00:39:23,733 --> 00:39:27,633
Instead of tar, this
book has been hiding away in silt.
633
00:39:29,067 --> 00:39:32,167
Silt, or mud, is very good
at preserving artifacts
634
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,700
because it creates
sort of anoxic environment
635
00:39:34,733 --> 00:39:37,067
and reduces
the amount of oxygen,
636
00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:40,500
which is what organisms
need in order to decompose.
637
00:39:41,567 --> 00:39:43,467
Why it's only this holy book
638
00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:46,767
that avoided being covered
in tar is a mystery.
639
00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:49,933
Being named Archangel Raphael,
640
00:39:49,967 --> 00:39:55,067
is there some kind of magical
or spiritual activity going on?
641
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:59,700
Unable to see the complete
load of cargo still hiding inside,
642
00:39:59,733 --> 00:40:04,000
the dive team employs
photogrammetry to fully survey the wreck.
643
00:40:06,767 --> 00:40:10,533
Photogrammetry is a
series of photographs or images that,
644
00:40:10,567 --> 00:40:12,733
when we merge them together,
we can create
645
00:40:12,767 --> 00:40:16,167
a three-dimensional image
of the object.
646
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,400
The incredibly
accurate 3D model of the ship
647
00:40:19,433 --> 00:40:22,467
and seven years
of painstaking excavation
648
00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:25,433
begin to yield
stunning discoveries,
649
00:40:25,467 --> 00:40:30,333
including items of clothing that just
shouldn't have survived for so long.
650
00:40:30,367 --> 00:40:31,867
What makes the Archangel Raphael
651
00:40:31,900 --> 00:40:36,433
so special is the preservation of
organic material on this incredible site.
652
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,300
And after years of
researching the state archives,
653
00:40:42,333 --> 00:40:44,567
they finally find
physical evidence
654
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,233
of smuggled goods
on board the ship.
655
00:40:47,267 --> 00:40:51,833
Animal horns and barrels of
grain, fish, and even bacon.
656
00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:55,567
And the amount of cargo
is way in excess
657
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,367
of what's recorded
on the 1724 customs list.
658
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,500
What's shocking about the
number of artifacts found inside
659
00:41:02,533 --> 00:41:04,500
is that there are far more
than they should be
660
00:41:04,533 --> 00:41:08,200
based on its last port of call,
which was in St. Petersburg.
661
00:41:08,233 --> 00:41:10,967
The ship was in illegal
possession of goods.
662
00:41:12,633 --> 00:41:16,100
The 18th century was
known as the golden age of smuggling,
663
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,767
and the staggering amount
of artifacts retrieved
664
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,067
three centuries later
reveals the true scale
665
00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:27,200
of the ship's lucrative
cloak-and-dagger operation.
666
00:41:29,700 --> 00:41:31,967
After years
of investigating the wreck,
667
00:41:33,267 --> 00:41:36,233
four hundred items
are recovered in total,
668
00:41:36,267 --> 00:41:41,333
including things which are
impossible to imagine in their worth
669
00:41:41,367 --> 00:41:44,133
and things we had never believed
670
00:41:44,167 --> 00:41:46,233
would be recovered
from such a wreck.
671
00:41:47,733 --> 00:41:49,500
Researchers
believe there could be
672
00:41:49,533 --> 00:41:54,300
even more secrets hiding
in the Archangel Raphael.
673
00:41:54,333 --> 00:41:58,333
Wrecks and historical treasure
like these lead us to wonder
674
00:41:58,367 --> 00:42:01,967
what other time capsules
the sea has preserved,
675
00:42:02,067 --> 00:42:04,367
still waiting to be discovered.
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