Aralsk 7: The USSR’s Anthrax Island
Get started with DASHLANE: https://www.dashlane.com/geographics Check out my other channel TopTenz! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by Dashlane. Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Morris M. Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Source/Further reading: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170926-the-deadly-germ-warfare-island-abandoned-by-the-soviets https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/apr/21/russia.internationalnews (interviews with former workers): https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/12/magazine/anthrax-island.html (some cool video and photos): https://www.ozy.com/good-sht/your-chance-to-see-an-abandoned-soviet-island-with-a-dark-past/91386 https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-ideas/weird-and-wacky/the-island-that-was-once-the-worlds-largest-biologicalwarfare-testing-ground/news-story/57e84ff7633ce569892ad4757aa69b61 Compound 19 anthrax outbreak: https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/decades-after-deadly-lab-accident-a-secret-russian-bioweapon-decoded/ Compound 19 anthrax outbreak: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p04xm4c2 US Anthrax letters: https://www.history.com/news/anthrax-attacks-terrorism-letters UK Anthrax Island: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1457035.stm
