The case is being updated.
NRK has previously mentioned the cable that disappeared from Bø in Vesterålen.
The mystery led to many speculations about what could have happened.
Both giant squid, Russian submarines and ocean currents were among the suspects.
But now scientists searching the seabed have found a clue.
Cable found
On Thursday afternoon, the research vessel GO Sars located the cable that was missing from the Lofoten-Vesterålen Marine Observatory (LoVe).
LoVe is an infrastructure for research and monitoring of the sea area. A number of platforms, or nodes, are located out in the sea.
But the system has been without power and down for several months, after something or someone pulled the cable over four kilometers long in the outer circuit.
Large parts of the cable have now been found, a good distance away from where it was originally located.
– we are pleased that the cable is located. It is important to clarify what has happened and what we must do next. We will follow up the case with the police, says research director Geir Huse.
Missing about a kilometer of cable
On Wednesday this week, the research vessel GO Sars went on a maintenance cruise.
The aim was to examine the inner circuit, which is assumed not to be damaged, so that that part of the system can work again.
But the weather meant that not all the planned work could be done. Thus, there was free time to also look for the cable, and after a few hours it was located.
– We have found about 3 kilometers of the 4.2 kilometer long cable. It is quite far out of position, up to 11 kilometers at the longest. It is most likely that a vessel has taken the cable with it, says project manager and HI researcher Geir Pedersen.
– We will consider whether it is possible to reuse some of the equipment we have now found.
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