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Kursk Finally Lifted

Posted by timothy on from the long-way-back dept.

Michiel writes: "This site, dedicated to the salvage of the Kursk by Mammoet Smit, announced today that the Kursk has been lifted from the seabed and is currently on it's way towards surface. The Giant 4 (which is lifting the Kursk) is at the same time already heading to Murmansk. Mamoet Smit expects to reach Murmansk Monday morning. More information about the Kursk (and its salvage) can be found at Strana" You might to revisit this post about just how the lifting is done as well.

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  1. Videos by mnordstr · · Score: 5, Informative

    Check out the videos. They are really awesome.

  2. REALLY NICE VRML simulation of lifting by jgaynor · · Score: 4, Informative

    Got this from the strana site -

    Theres a really well done VRML simulation of how it was all done. Its really just a series of still environment snapshots from various stages of the salvage operation but someone took ALOT of time on it. Good job -

    http://www.parallelgraphics.com/vrml/kursk/index.h tml?eng

    I usually dismiss VRML as crappy and slow but Im really impressed with this one.