The Nazi had a huge presence on Antarctica prior to & during WWII. The question is did they have a presence after the war? Theories abound. What was the purpose of "Operation Highjump"? Was it really just a scientific mission? Or was it to clean up the remnants of the Nazi Navy? Reportedly about 100 Nazi submarines were unaccounted for after the war. Interesting rabbit hole to go down. BTW as a young Coast Guard Ensign I made 2 trips on the USCGC Glacier to Antarctica.
Nice find! I hadn't heard of this. I noticed that in the article they didn't speculate the reason that the sub had that large amount of mercury. Was it for anti-gravity craft research in Antarctica? Years ago I had read that there were about 100 nazi subs unaccounted for after WWII.
The Nazi had a huge presence on Antarctica prior to & during WWII. The question is did they have a presence after the war? Theories abound. What was the purpose of "Operation Highjump"? Was it really just a scientific mission? Or was it to clean up the remnants of the Nazi Navy? Reportedly about 100 Nazi submarines were unaccounted for after the war. Interesting rabbit hole to go down. BTW as a young Coast Guard Ensign I made 2 trips on the USCGC Glacier to Antarctica.
It's more than a rabbit hole. I've been stuck researching this topic over a year now.
Nazi submarines full of mercury...
Mercury from WWII submarine wreck pollutes sediments off Norway
Nice find! I hadn't heard of this. I noticed that in the article they didn't speculate the reason that the sub had that large amount of mercury. Was it for anti-gravity craft research in Antarctica? Years ago I had read that there were about 100 nazi subs unaccounted for after WWII.
New Swabia/Neu Schawbenland. This info used to be in textbooks & on maps until recent decades.