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Dead Industrial-Era Ships Sink in Arctic Ice

On the far-eastern Russian seaboard is a peninsula called Kamchatka, where volcanoes smoke and ancient industrial ships go to die. Here is a strangely affecting set of pictures taken a few weeks ago in a ship graveyard, where once-imposing metal hulks are slowly sinking into the icy sea. Want to see more? More »

7:00 AM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Annalee Newitz
4,069 views, 28 comments

Latest by Klebert L. Hall: There's stuff like this all over Russia. Nobody does industrial disaster like the Russians/Soviets! The PRC can't hold a candle to them in magnificance, though they are probably superior in worker deaths. The Russian sub graveyards are awesome, too. An interesting tangent more »