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A Russian time capsule that arrived in Donegal provides a terrifying warning about climate change, according to the surfer who found it.
Sophie Curran and her friend Conor McClory discovered the capsule while walking along the shore of Bloody Foreland in Gweedore.
But it wasn’t immediately obvious what it was about.
“It’s kind of weird,” Ms. Curran said. “We thought it was a bomb or someone’s ashes … we didn’t want to open it.”
Through a friend of his brother, they were able to find out that it was actually a Russian time capsule from 2018. And of course, once they knew it was safe to open, they did so quickly.
“There was a great variety of photographs, letters, things from the ship it came from, the itinerary, the menu, they had corks for their wines and everything.”
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The time capsule of a Russian crew on the nuclear icebreaker ship ’50 Years of Victory ‘that was exploring the North Pole
Naturally, most of the information was written in Russian, although there were some letters in English. Thanks to them, Ms Curran was able to identify one of the passengers who had contributed to the capsule: an Instagram blogger from St. Petersburg.
“He let me know that they actually traveled to the 90 degree point of the North Pole,” Ms. Curran said. “They got a helicopter there and put the time capsule on ice.
“That means the ice has melted and traveled more than 4,000 km in two years.”
The blogger, Sveta, was aboard the ship 50 Years of Victory, a nuclear-powered icebreaker that has been used for tourism purposes since 1989. Tickets for the cruise have a starting price of more than $ 30,000.
Curran said the blogger was surprised to have heard from them, as the time capsule was expected to likely stay there for 30 years. One of the only other letters written in English on the capsule expanded on this.
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The time capsule of a Russian crew on the nuclear icebreaker ship that was exploring the North Pole.
“Everything around us is covered in ice,” he said. “We believe that by the time this letter is found, there will be no more ice in the Arctic.”
Gweedore’s couple are still in touch with Sveta and they have bonded over their mutual love of surfing. But they are also determined to translate the rest of the letters.
After posting about their discovery on Facebook, they contacted a professor in Chicago, who is currently in the process of translating everything, along with his class.
The premature discovery of the time capsule is almost like a warning about climate change, and Ms. Curran says it’s really scary. the ice melted so fast.
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