Where Did Svalbard’s Shipwrecks Go?
Ship-eating worms may be devouring centuries of history.

From the 1600s onward, thousands of European whaling vessels ventured to Svalbard to exploit its bowhead-whale population, and at least 600 never left. Instead, they were entombed in crushing sea ice or sunk by rival fleets. Finding them could cast new light on an underexplored part of European history.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/...wrecks/617029/