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nilsimsa on Aug 29, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Submarine Cable Map 2014

How do they handle it when cables cross over each other and they need to do repair on the one on the bottom?

gkanai on Aug 29, 2014 [–]

The cable repair ships send down custom ROVs that can bring up the broken cable ends. The cable cut is repaired on ship and then placed back on the sea bed. Amazing.

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