Winds Force Halt to Sub Recovery Effort

The Russian-Norwegian mission to recover bodies from the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk was put on hold because high winds tossed the ships involved in the effort so hard that divers risked being jerked about on their tethers. Northern Fleet commander Adm. Vyacheslav Popov told reporters that he had little hope the divers would be able to recover all the bodies from the stern compartment, where a note found on one of the sailors said 23 had gathered after the disabling blasts. The Kursk, with a crew of 118, sank Aug. 12. There were no survivors.