The catastrophe that killed Sergei Bodrov was predicted to happen again

The Kolka glacier, whose descent on September 20, 2022 caused the death of actor Sergei Bodrov and his film crew, is actively growing again and poses a threat to the residents of the Karmadon Gorge. Experts warn of the possibility of a repeat of the disaster.

"There was so much mud and ice in this gorge that the height of the sediments in some places reached 250 m. It has 80 floors. The speed of movement of the glacier exceeded 200 km/h. It was impossible to hide from him. The people who were here at that moment were trapped," said Murad Magomedov, a correspondent for Izvestia.

125 people were killed, including the crew of the film "Svyaznoy", led by Sergei Bodrov. People from all over the country are coming here these days.

"I've always wanted to visit this place, lay flowers, we remember, watch movies, listen to songs, this person is very dear," says Alevtina Zaitseva, a tourist from the Rostov region.

According to scientists, the Kolka Glacier is recovering at an alarming rate.

"The glacier has already gained more than half of the mass it lost after the tragedy of 2002, and this process continues," said Dmitry Petrakov, associate professor at the Moscow State University Faculty of Geography.

Kolka went regularly. In 1969, the glacier slid down slowly and no one was injured. But in 1902 there were victims. The archive keeps a list of the dead and injured. And a century later, due to insufficient funding, scientists do not have modern equipment to observe the glacier.

According to data from space, the glacier is actively growing, and in snowy winters it can quickly reach a critical volume. Scientists believe that the future gathering may be less large-scale, but no less dangerous than in 2002.

"Now comes the time when Stabbing is becoming more and more dangerous. Therefore, of course, we need to think about how to ensure continuous monitoring of the glacier and its changes," Petrakov said.

Local residents, although they understand the risks, prefer not to dwell on the threat. According to Marina Gadzieva, a resident of Karmadon village, they do not feel fear of the glacier.

"There is understanding, of course, but there is no fear that he will come down. If there was one, we wouldn't live here, we wouldn't drive on the road, which it can fall off and again we can stay under it. We don't think about it, we're not afraid of it," she said.

At the same time, scientists are confident that installing modern sensors on the glacier will allow tracking its changes in real time, which will help warn residents about the threat.

"We want to monitor any movement produced by the glacier. If these deformations occur, we must record them, and if we do, we can assume and predict them," said Vladislav Zaalishvili, scientific director of the Geophysical Institute of the Vladikavkaz Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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