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The Hole That Sunk a Russian Ship: Secrets 2,500 Meters Down
The Hole That Sunk a Russian Ship: Secrets 2,500 Meters Down
A fifty-centimeter by fifty-centimeter hole punched inward through the Ursa Major's hull preceded its sinking and the loss of two crew members-yet no official explanation exists for that precise breach. What was really in the declared cargo of crane components and icebreaker hatches, and how would a kitchen-door-sized hole send a 142-meter, heavily laden freighter to the seabed 2,500 meters down?
In this episode, we lay out the documented timeline and material details of the Ursa Major’s final voyage and the oddities surrounding the…
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