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Dead Industrial-Era Ships Sink in Arctic Ice

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On the far-eastern Russian seaboard is a peninsula called Kamchatka, where volcanoes smoke and ancient industrial ships go to die. Here is a strangely affecting set of pictures taken a few weeks ago in a ship graveyard, where once-imposing metal hulks are slowly sinking into the icy sea. Want to see more?

And here’s a closeup of the icy carnage.

Abandoned Frozen Ships [English Russia] (Thanks, SethL!)

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