Experts Say Entomb WWII Sub Off Norway (mercury)

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2006/dec/19/121907450.html

OSLO, Norway (AP) - The wreck of a World War II German submarine off Norway's coast should be covered with sand to contain its cargo of environmentally damaging mercury, a study said Tuesday.

The submarine U-864 was torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine Venturer off western Norway on Feb. 9, 1945. Its wreckage, found by the Royal Norwegian Navy in March 2003, is believed to have about 70 tons of mercury aboard.

The submarine was sunk while trying to get to Japan, a German ally, with mercury for weapons production.

Studies revealed high levels of mercury around the wreck, which is in 500 feet of water about 2 1/2 miles off the western Norway island of Fedje.

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[Javaman]

1. Wouldn't the water pressure at such a depth keep the mercury

from seeping?

I'm not an oceanographer, nor do I play one on TV.