The explorer ship re-emerged after 86 years buried under the Arctic ice

A group of divers and engineers working for 5 years to liberate and put on the sea the Norwegian explorer ship stuck for 86 years in the Arctic ice.

The explorer named Maud was salvaged in the Maud Returns Home project with the aim of bringing the ship back to Norway to display at the museum in Vollen, where it was born, Mirror on October 11 reported.The salvage process took place under the direction of Jan Wanggaard, a Norwegian painter.

The project members can only work from July to September when the ice melts and the outdoor temperature rises to 10-15 degrees C. They dive to the bottom and insert air bags under the wreck.The ship was then lifted gently from the resting place and brought to the barge.Because the seawater is too cold, the bacteria that decompose oak cannot survive, so the frame remains as firm as it was when it was closed.

After lifting Maud to the sea surface, the project team had to dig tons of mud from the ship compartment.They will dry the Maud ship outdoors so that it will be dry and reduce weight before taking the ship to Norway on a journey of at least two summers.

Maud was once owned by Roald Amundsen, the polar Norwegian explorer.Amundsen deliberately manipulated the ship into an iceberg in the Bering Strait so that the ship could drift with the ice across the Arctic Ocean.

The ship is equipped with many scientific equipment to serve meteorological observations, geophysics and oceanography.However, Maud was sold to Hudson Bay in 1925, becoming a floating warehouse and wireless radio station before sinking in 1930 in Canada's Cambridge Bay.

"For me, the ship is beautifully built. It is a result of the 2,000-year history of shipbuilding in Norway and is especially sure to withstand the impact of ice. This ship is the best craft product. You can imagine, " Wanggaard said.