Kirkenes - An international team cut the bow off the sunken nuclear Russian submarine, Kursk, yesterday bringing salvagers closer to raising the wreck from the bed of the Barents Sea later this month. Salvagers plan to raise the Kursk, which sank after explosions ripped through its bow in August last year, killing all 118 men aboard, by September 28th.
Divers have been working for more than a week in icy waters 100-metres deep to slice off the bow using robot cutting gear. The Russian President, Mr Putin, has vowed to raise the Kursk before winter storms and darkness make work hazardous.