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Barents Sea

The Barents Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of Norway and Russia. Known in the Middle Ages as the Murman Sea, the sea takes its current name from the Dutch navigator Willem Barents...

Timeline of Events

1969

11.15.1969

Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS ''Gato'' in the Barents Sea.

1989

4.7.1989

Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.

2000

8.12.2000

The Oscar class submarine K-141 ''Kursk'' of the Russian Navy explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise.