Warplanes, shipwrecks, and bunkers: the haunting WWII relics left in Arctic Norway.
In this documentary report, The Barents Observer joins divers in Tromsø to see what remains of what once was the pride of the German Nazi navy - the “Tirpitz” warship.
We also track down warplanes that flew the skies above northern Norway 80 years ago.
We discover abandoned ammunition stores, bunkers and trenches that once formed part of the German fortifications in Kirkenes, close to the former border with Soviet Russia, and see how they are still impacting the local environment today.
The documentary is produced with the aim of historical research and education.
The video is in English with Russian subtitles.
Video timeline:
0:00 - Introduction.
0:33 - Diving for the “Tirpitz“ shipwreck in Tromsø.
3:22 - The Barents Observer finds a German warplane wreck near Kirkenes.
4:15 - The history of Kirkenes during German Nazi occupation.
5:01 - Historian Rune Rautio shows WWII bunkers in Kirkenes.
6:44 - Historian Rune Rautio shows a German shipwreck near Kirkenes.
8:19 - Local archeologist explores destroyed Nazi ammunition store.
9:02 - Mushroom society in Kirkenes research mushrooms, that were brought up to the Arctic by Nazi Germans.
10:31 - The Barents Observer finds an Allied warplane wreck in the hills near Kirkenes.
11:07 - Commonwealth graves in Tromsø
11:28 - Outro
Reporter, camera, edit:
Elizaveta Vereykina
Second camera, drone footage:
Henry Patton
Underwater camera:
Andrei Riiv
Oleg Ballod
WWII archives by:
Tirpitz Museum in Alta
Rune Rautio personal archive
Universal Studios public domain
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