Newly Discovered Underwater Mud Volcano Found Spewing Mud And Methane In The Barents Sea
Scientists on the AKMA3 ocean expedition have spotted an exceptional underwater feature consisting of a mud volcano in the middle of a large crater 80 miles south of Norway's Bear Island. The volcano releases a continuous flow of muddy, methane-rich water and was seen teeming with animal life. The volcano, dubbed the Borealis Mud Volcano, is only the second of its kind ever recorded in Norwegian waters.
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00:00 We are on board of the research vessel Krompris Sokon in the middle of the
00:04 Barents Sea and today we have discovered something exceptional.
00:10 Within a big crater of 300 meter in diameter we discover a mud volcano which
00:20 is continuously emitting fluid, mud and methane. This is only the second mud
00:26 volcano ever discovered in Norwegian waters.
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