Officials in Russia's northwestern region of Karelia said on July 31 that rescue workers found the body of another victim from a dam burst earlier this week on the White Sea-Baltic Canal (Belomorkanal), bringing the death toll to four. Karelia's Emergencies Ministry said all rescue operations ended after the body of a missing woman was found. Constructed using forced labor by gulag inmates, Belomorkanal is one of Russia's major shipping canals and connects the Arctic Ocean's White Sea with Onega Lake and then runs on to the Baltic Sea. It began operation in August 1933. To read the original story by RFE/RL's North.Realities, click here.
Death Toll In Dam Break In Russia Rises To 4
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