Murmansk (AFP) Feb 7, 2002 - A total of 94 bodies of sailors who died inside the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk have been recovered, but the operation is being slowed by ice inside the wreck, the Russian Northern Fleet said Thursday. submarine, but the thick rubber and steel would not yield, Serga A mourning ceremony had been earlier held for four of them in the Russian northern fleet central military hospital in Murmansk, in Russia's northwest, near the Roslyakovo base where the ship now lies in dry dock. The film showed the vessel ripped open from the stern to the conning tower, with much of the destruction apparently being caused by exploding torpedoes rather than by the initial blast. The head of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov, had earlier warned that he might cancel the recovery effort because of the danger of divers ripping their pressure suits or cutting their air hoses on mangled equipment and debris. The Russian Navy initially expected to find the remains of 30 to 40 sailors, but 47 have been pulled from the wreckage since the submarine was lifted from the sea bed and brought to a dry dock in Russia's arctic north last week. The divers also smoothed the jagged edge of the 1-metre-wide hole with a special cushion for safe entrance into the wreck, he said. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2016 - Space Media Network. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Russian naval officials said they only hope to recover about one-third of the 118 seamen's bodies, the rest likely destroyed by the powerful explosions that ripped through the submarine. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. tube. The investigators sent the recovered bodies to a hospital in the town of Severomorsk for identification. personnel carriers, said the cause of the disaster must be found to Russian workers on Thursday began clearing away rubble from the lower deck of the Kursk submarine before the vessel is to be taken to a factory to be dismantled, a military official said. Work to recover more bodies was to go on through the night, Interfax quoted the official with the navy's general staff as saying. You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. 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AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. A total of 94 bodies of sailors who died inside the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk have been recovered, but the operation is being slowed by ice inside the wreck, the Russian Northern Fleet said Thursday. The investigators, wearing oxygen masks and cloaked in heavy suits to protect them from poisonous gases and possible radiation, entered the vessel for the first time on Wednesday. NTV TV still. 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