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Nabbing Nessie.(Jan Sundberg )(Interview)

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Swedish journalist Jan Sundberg and his Global Underwater Search Team will launch Operation Clean Sweep--a two-week search in March for the mythical Loch Ness monster. With a large net and two powerful sonar systems, the team hopes to catch Nessie, take a DNA sample and release it unharmed. NEWSWEEK spoke to Sundberg about the mission:

NEWSWEEK: Operation Clean Sweep sounds almost military.

SUNDBERG: It's not meant to be military. We're going to search the loch with two new types of sonars that are so good that if there is a monster there, then [they] will find them. That's why we decided to name it Clean Sweep, sweeping the lake clean.

Do you really believe in the Loch Ness ...

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