Scientists may have found out the reason behind the disappearance of ships in the Bermuda Triangle.
Giant underwater craters up to half a mile wide and 150ft deep at the bottom of Barents Sea have been discovered. They're believed to have been caused by methane build-ups off the coast of Norway. Scientists say that the methane would have leaked from natural gas deposits and created cavities which finally give way and burst.
The area known as the Bermuda Triangle, stretches from the British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean to the Florida coast, to Puerto Rico.
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The deputy head of the Trofimuk Institue, scientist Igor Yeltsov, said last year: "There is a version that the Bermuda Triangle is a consequence of gas hydrates reactions.
"They start to actively decompose with methane ice turning into gas. It happens in an avalanche-like way, like a nuclear reaction, producing huge amounts of gas.
"That makes the ocean heat up and ships sink in its waters mixed with a huge proportion of gas."