Russian researchers are preparing to explore the deep waters of the North Pole. They are using space technology to develop new methods of reaching waters that hold vast new unexplored wonders.

A set of three dives deep into the uncharted waters of the North Pole is something Anatoly Sagalevich from the Oceanology Institute has been preparing for nearly ten years. The research submarines – Mir-1 and Mir-2 – can submerge to a depth of six thousand meters.

“This will be a historic dive to the bottom of the North Pole down to depths of 4,300 meters! Never before have human eyes seen this,” he says.

The exact science of this procedure has not yet been discovered, but this research crew is working to develop it, using state-of-the-art technology to explore the innermost mysteries of planet Earth.

“We are using special space technology.  The materials are all the same as for space use – titanium, only titanium and then a special coating. It will stay there for many hundreds of years without any corrosion. We hope that our descendants will find it some day and see our names,” explains Vitaly Panfilov, design bureau specialist.

Special equipment has been installed for this North Pole expedition.

“We put special devices into the bunker. They are made in our laboratory for the most part. You can use them to take soil samples and also we have special traps for animals. So in one dive you can both take geological and biological materials,” says Evgeny Chernyaev, deep-sea vessel 'Mir' pilot.

The Mir vehicles are undergoing final tests in the Baltic Sea. The large scale of work that it being done today is helping to modernize research procedures and methods, setting the stage for a new era of firsts for Russian scientists.