A Russian rescue ship carries a submersible at the scene 事发现场，一艘俄救援船载着一只救生囊

　　Russian rescuers in the Arctic have failed to dock a capsule to the stricken Kursk nuclear submarine lying at the bottom of the Barents Sea with more than 100 sailors on board.
　　Russian Northern Fleet officials said the rescue craft had failed to connect to an escape hatch on the submarine because of continuing stormy weather.
　　A second attempt to lower a rescue capsule to the vessel began at 1700 GMT, two hours after the first try, the officials told the Itar-Tass news agency.
　　The craft used is reported to be a pressurised diving bell which is first clamped onto the submarine, then slowly raised to the surface. It can only carry up to 20 people at a time, and would take about seven hours to resurface.

北冰洋潜艇救援困难重重

　　在北冰洋，俄罗斯救援队员没能将一只救生囊与沉坐于巴伦支海海底的库尔斯克号核潜艇对接，潜艇上共有100多名水手。

　　俄罗斯北海舰队官员说，由于连续恶劣的风暴天气，救生囊没能与潜艇的紧急逃生出口实现对接。

　　他们告诉塔斯社记者说，第一次失败两小时后，即格林威治时间1700时，又进行了第二次将救生囊靠近潜艇尝试。

　　据说救生囊用的是压力装置，它首先夹在潜艇上，然后慢慢浮上水面。它每次只能装20个人，而且需要约7个小时才能重新露出水面。