Harbour's treasure of adventurers

Harbour's treasure of adventurers

www.thebeijingnews.com · 5-13, 2007 6: 58: 04 · source: Beijing News

Scholar Robert ·

Pol:

Discovery of Titanic boiler that moment too beautiful

In 1985, an expedition in the horizontal plane following 12460 feet above the Atlantic ocean floor and found a large ship wreck, this is a sensation of Titanic, Titanic reproduce, make the human history of the great human considerations distress return.

With the discovery of France in 1994, is the Oceanography and Titanic shipwreck Heritage Association, and the salvage of the 1997 movie "the Titanic" global sensation.

This sensational effects, all from the United States Dr. Robert · pol (dr.robertd.ballard) led the expedition on the Titanic discovery.

Pol has been on 1912 occurring 1500 people died in the interest of Titanic tragedy, he persuaded the United States Navy gave him a research vessel Knorr, and sunken area map.

At the Titanic wreck, Pol has applied for the first time his own invention of robot Argo-Jason system, and the camera mounted on the robot, waiting for signals. In later interviews, he said that "photography swinging head, nothing, are boring. " Until a week later, in September of 1985, no. 1, Argo suddenly capture the Titanic on boiler of an image, Pol-see on the screen. With his previous research, he feels is the ship. A week thereafter, Argo has been in a boat shuttle filming, photographing 2 million pieces of the sunken ship photos, including the destruction of the region, the numerous pottery, bottles, silver plate, utensils, and the lifeboat. Screen of Pol look dumb, he was deeply shaken, the spot that oppose any use of this discovery attempts to profit, on the contrary, this field should be set up as an international mark.

To the entire exploration, pol and his expedition lasted 12 years of work, he let the wreck of the submarine 74 years of sile

nce, all over the world again Titanic wreck of rusting.

Since then, Germany again gampola battleship "Bismarck" excavation, also found us World War II wrecks "York town", but no discovery than Titanic discovery influences the world.

Photographer Ray so Xiao

Humanity is at sunken gold period

Did the firemen were not only mine so Xiao diving areas of guru, his name in the field of wreck are also big shots.

In the past twenty years, he took a lot of the sunken ship photos and educational films, exploring the wreck is active in the field.

1986-born ray from the 21-year-old began diving, in the 1990s, he has been the United Kingdom around the Islands most dangerous regional submarine was again, in the English channel in search of the lost coast during the 20th century, he found some famous historical shipwreck, and from then on this area with a spot to begin filming shipwreck diving side edges.

Ray has worked in the North Atlantic seabed 135 m United States took flight transi Foissiat (Transylvania), 2001, he and a team of international wreck diving teams together in the West Atlantic Vizcaya discovered the hidden gold in Egypt "sinking ship" SS (ssEgypt) number, in the same year he also discovered the 1952 sunk sinking "flying home" (FlyingEnterprise), Ray believes that human beings are at the golden period of sunken.

Businessman grace ·

Bantam

Sunken ship was his plaything

Grace ·

Bantam is professional salvage company "Odyssey Marine exploration company" (OdysseyMarineExploration) founder and current President. In salvage this area, the business is a big head, head of the head is grace · Bantam. Led specialized in maritime adventure and sunken archaeological research of the Odyssey, grace · kyshtym introduces a large number of archaeological team, and salvage Spain settlers wrecks, first introduced to the archaeology of the robot, finally, the mining companies discovered on the ship 1 million 7 thousand pieces of apparatus, is the number of sunken archaeological mining history. Under the command of the grace, the company found from ancient Rome to the Phoenician period of wreck, his recent biggest discovery is salvage 135 years ago sinks in the storm's steam boat "Republic", the boat's treasure may be the most generous one, with the media to "contemporary treasure seekers". Remember that time watching the screen scenes, grace said: "we first saw the two coins, then with the machine forward sliding, gold coin there constantly, the full hour, we gaped. Simply gold carpet. "Of course, is big business, but grace is also involved in the preparation of a UNESCO cultural heritage of the Sea Treaty, anyway, wrecks are all his life, CNN television in dedicated to what he said in the documentary film:" grace is his name, the wreck was his plaything. ”

Fishing the whole of the Southern Song dynasty had finally been fishing, this is the first of the Chinese archaeologists.

However, taking a global view to marine culture as the center of Western salvage

The sunken ship's history has been a long time, whether the former Pirates, settlers, or today's business big brother, the Government will refuse to air supremacy or academia, industry, sunken wrecks politics, shipwreck archaeology, etc. Even the sports sector and the cultural sector has shown a wreck diving and wreck photography industry. The biggest and wreck the mass cultural vision banquet is blockbuster "Titanic" (also translated "Titanic"), the salvage master is its people. We help to explain some of the international "treasure house" contemporary shipwreck, to demonstrate and human activities related to the sinking of the iceberg.

"Day, the gold carpet!"

"Contemporary treasure thieves" grace ·

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Reporter: you may never hear the grace ·

Tatum's name, but you might know 135 years ago sank in a storm of "Republic", wrecks, which found that gold and silver coins may be let this time become the most affluent came at a time. We want to interview the discoverer Odyssey Marine exploration Group President grace · Bantam. Grace, I hear you've wanted to do such a thing, you first see the coins screen when first thought is? now remember?

Grace: we were in the control room, everyone was watching the big screen, our staff and the national geographic photography group staff station.

Just starting to emerge a few coins, then, as the robot ROV moving forwards, coins continuously appear, more and more. At that time, the national geographic on the gang are standing in front of their cameras, a whole hour, we gaped. This is something we've never seen spectacle — gold carpet. Like the Disney animated film scenes, you simply can't imagine.

Reporter: so how do you tap the? the ship so deep, it looks very difficult.

Grace: it is an archaeological excavation.

You must know that we not only in the restoration. We treat every apparatus are carefully labelled x, y, z coordinates, very careful. We also have photos on mosaic markers. Don't try this at home.

Reporter: you basically robot submarine operations?

Grace: the robot is very large, there are 7 ton, with 200 horsepower, and the mother ship attached.

More complex scenarios, it's not just 1700 feet above the sea, we were still in the five to six sections of the whirlpool, very dangerous.

Reporter: the robot can pick up every time some coins?

Grace: only one.

The reason to do so is because some coins fairly valuable rare, even a small small abrasions may lead to 1 million to 3 million value of the difference.

Reporter: so you can pick up every day some coins?

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Grace: so far, the best record every day and only 750 pieces, we basically do not scratch per minute to pick up a coin, this point is very important.

Reporter: it is estimated that all add up the value of the coins of 1 250?

Grace: Oh, we are public trading company.

However, we are very careful to not do such estimates. We have some coin experts estimate the value of these coins may be in the $ 2 million to $ 5 million, but in all of the coins collected, we do not determine.

Reporter: you fantasize that treasure hunting experience?

Grace: a, I and my partner Morris in 16 years ago began to engage in this row, then we think this is such a big industry.

Harbour has so many wrecks, and we have very good equipment and team to dig them.

Compile reporter Kim Yu