The Putin's Nord Stream has came across an unexpected and unavoidable obstacle. The remnants of vessels, previously unknown to scientists, were found on the bottom of the Baltic Sea to the east of the Swedish island of Gotland, the Information Office of Swedish radio SR - Ekot reports.
The finding was made during the filming of the bottom of the Baltic Sea near the construction site of the gas pipeline Nord Stream. Several vessels were discovered, the oldest of which may date back one thousand years.
"The vessels are different - there is a vesel from the Middle Ages, the others date the 17th century. Most of them date the 18 and 19 centuries, and it seems that they were trading ships", explain a member of the Swedish Agency for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Riksantikvarieaembetet.
"Hulls of three of them are fully preserved, the vessels were found at a depth of 100 meters ", he said. According to the Agency, the remnants of ships are currently registered as cultural monuments and there are no plans yet to recovery them.
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