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3rd February 2004, 05:32
Monday, February 02, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M.

Baltic may be undersea treasure trove

By Michael Tarm
The Associated Press

TIMUR NIZAMETDINOV / AP
Wreck-hunter Vello Mass leans across a ship's wheel aboard his research boat in Tallinn, Estonia, last year.


TALLINN, Estonia — Leaning across the wooden helm of his boat, Vello Mass scans the Baltic Sea to the horizon and muses about the treasures lying beneath the cold, gray waves.

"There are hundreds of Viking ships out there, hundreds of old trading ships, hundreds of warships," the 63-year-old wreck-hunter remarks. "The Baltic's an archaeological paradise."

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