About the research cruise:

The cruise took place in the beginning of July, 2019, and had participants from CERAD/ NMBU, the Institute of Marine Research, the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, the University of Bergen, the Research and Production Association Typhoon (RPA Typhoon) and the Kurchatov Institute.

The cruise was carried out with the research ship «G.O. Sars » of the Institute of Marine Research and was part of the Norwegian-Russian cooperation on monitoring radioactivity in the North.

The researchers had a remote controlled underwater vehicle that could go all the way down to the wreck and send direct photos up to the operators in the ship. It could also bring samples up to the deck. The researchers were thus able to have a close look at the wreck and take precise samples.