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by mongol 1415 days ago
It is not the salinity as such that protected Vasa, but the absence of the ship worm, which does not like the Baltic brack water.
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TIL. I did go to that museum and I thought that was what they said.

What do you mean by "brack water"?

> Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater.

> Some seas and lakes are brackish. The Baltic Sea is a brackish sea adjoining the North Sea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackish_water

Brack water have a salinity between sea water and fresh water.