Scientists on the AKMA3 ocean expedition discovered 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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00:00We are on board of the research vessel Krompris Sokon in the middle of the Barents Sea,
00:05and today we have discovered something exceptional.
00:13Within a big crater of 300 meters in diameter, we discovered a mud volcano,
00:19which is continuously emitting fluid, mud and methane.
00:24This is only the second mud volcano ever discovered in Norwegian waters.