Dead Bodies Floated at the Bottom of the Barents Sea, Then There Was a Handwritten Note That Revealed a Horrifying Story

The Kursk tragedy

Three crew members who were aboard Kursk taking photos with their wives — image from MrBallen

A handwritten note was discovered at the bottom of the Barents Sea in 2000. The note was written by Dmitri Kolesnikov, a captain-lieutenant.

Dmitri knew he was going to die in a few hours, but he was brave and calm enough to write a note of his experience.

He wrote,

“It’s dark here to write, but I’ll try by feel. It seems like there are no chances, 10–20%. Let’s hope that at least someone will read this.

We feel bad, weakened by carbon dioxide. Pressure is increasing in the compartment.

If we head for the surface, we won’t survive the compression. We won’t last more than a day.”

The Russian Major Naval Exercise

Thirty-three Russian best warships took part in a big military naval exercise on 12 August 2000.

The exercise took place on the Barents Sea, a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean…