1 00:00:08,633 --> 00:00:10,433 Narrator: IT'S THEIR LAST QUEST OF THE SEASON, 2 00:00:10,533 --> 00:00:13,833 AND ODYSSEY IS AFTER A HUGE HAUL. 3 00:00:13,933 --> 00:00:16,203 MARK MY WORDS, THAT'S WHERE THE ACTION'S AT. 4 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:17,700 Narrator: THE PRIZE -- 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,100 A LEGENDARY CRUISE LINER KNOWN AS "THE SILVER QUEEN." 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,530 THEY'RE UP AGAINST THE CLOCK 7 00:00:23,633 --> 00:00:26,873 AND THE NASTIEST WEATHER THEY'VE SEEN ALL YEAR. 8 00:00:26,967 --> 00:00:29,167 AND ALL I COULD SEE WAS THIS BIG WALL OF SEA. 9 00:00:29,267 --> 00:00:31,797 Narrator: A TROVE OF PURE SILVER LIES IN WAIT. 10 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:34,100 BUT THIS ONE IS GOING TO GIVE THEM 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:35,270 A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. 12 00:00:35,367 --> 00:00:37,327 Antonissen: [BLEEP] WE'RE LOSING ALTITUDE. 13 00:00:37,433 --> 00:00:40,333 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 14 00:00:40,433 --> 00:00:43,433 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 15 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:53,830 Narrator: AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. 16 00:00:53,933 --> 00:00:56,903 ODYSSEY'S SURVEY VESSEL, THE JOHN LETHBRIDGE, 17 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,500 IS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE WORST STORM OF THE YEAR. 18 00:01:00,667 --> 00:01:01,727 IT WAS CRINKLY THIS MORNING. 19 00:01:01,833 --> 00:01:04,033 NOW IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE CRINKLIER, 20 00:01:04,133 --> 00:01:05,833 AND WE GOT SOME BIG SEAS COMING THROUGH. 21 00:01:05,933 --> 00:01:07,133 AND, AS USUAL, 22 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:09,073 THEY ALWAYS COMES THROUGH WHEN YOU'VE JUST HAD LUNCH. 23 00:01:09,167 --> 00:01:11,397 Narrator: ARCHAEOLOGIST NEIL CUNNINGHAM DOBSON 24 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:14,800 IS AT THE TAIL END OF THE BIGGEST SEASON OF HIS CAREER. 25 00:01:14,900 --> 00:01:17,430 BUT AT THE MOMENT, ALL HE CAN DO IS RIDE THE WAVES. 26 00:01:17,533 --> 00:01:19,673 Dobson: SOME OF THEM COMING THROUGH HERE 27 00:01:19,767 --> 00:01:24,397 ARE 4 TO 6 METERS HIGH, WHICH IS ABOUT 12 TO 18 FEET. 28 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:26,800 AND FOR A WHILE THERE I COULDN'T SEE THE HORIZON. 29 00:01:26,900 --> 00:01:29,000 ALL I COULD SEE WAS THIS BIG WALL OF SEA. 30 00:01:30,833 --> 00:01:34,433 Narrator: WINTER STORMS HAVE CALLED AN END TO 2008 31 00:01:34,533 --> 00:01:35,873 FOR MOST OF ODYSSEY'S FLEET. 32 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:39,970 BACK IN THE PORT OF HULL, ENGLAND, 33 00:01:40,067 --> 00:01:44,297 THEIR VESSELS ARE GOING INTO DRY DOCK FOR YEARLY SERVICING. 34 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,030 THE FLAGSHIP EXPLORER WON'T BE DOING ANY MORE EXPLORING 35 00:01:48,133 --> 00:01:50,003 UNTIL NEXT YEAR. 36 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:52,670 BUT BEFORE THE TEAM PACKS IT IN, 37 00:01:52,767 --> 00:01:55,627 THEY'RE LOOKING TO PULL OFF ONE LAST MISSION. 38 00:01:55,733 --> 00:02:00,403 AND THE JOHN LETHBRIDGE IS GOING IT ALONE. 39 00:02:00,567 --> 00:02:01,927 THE PRIZE THIS TIME 40 00:02:02,033 --> 00:02:05,933 IS A WORLD WAR I PASSENGER LINER CALLED THE S.S. LACONIA, 41 00:02:06,033 --> 00:02:09,733 ALSO KNOWN AS "THE SILVER QUEEN." 42 00:02:09,833 --> 00:02:12,833 SHE'S BEEN MISSING FOR ALMOST A CENTURY, 43 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:16,503 BUT NOW ODYSSEY IS HONING IN ON HER COORDINATES. 44 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,270 ON BOARD THE J.L., DAN ADAMS HAS THE LEAD. 45 00:02:22,367 --> 00:02:23,767 HE WAS PART OF THE TEAM 46 00:02:23,867 --> 00:02:25,967 THAT DISCOVERED THE "BLACK SWAN" TREASURE. 47 00:02:26,067 --> 00:02:27,467 THERE WE GO. 48 00:02:27,567 --> 00:02:31,397 IT WAS GOOD NEWS FOR ODYSSEY, BUT NOT FOR DAN. 49 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:36,230 FROM THE DAY WE FOUND IT, I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT BAD LUCK. 50 00:02:36,333 --> 00:02:39,403 Narrator: CALL IT THE CURSE OF THE BLACK SWAN. 51 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:40,870 SHIPS UNDER HIS JURISDICTION 52 00:02:40,967 --> 00:02:42,727 HAVE BEEN BREAKING DOWN ALL YEAR. 53 00:02:42,833 --> 00:02:46,173 SOME NEVER EVEN MADE IT OUT TO SEA. 54 00:02:46,267 --> 00:02:47,867 Adams: IT'S BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING, 55 00:02:47,967 --> 00:02:48,967 BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I COME OUT HERE 56 00:02:49,067 --> 00:02:51,567 THERE'S PROBLEMS OR THE SHIP'S BROKE DOWN. 57 00:02:51,667 --> 00:02:55,527 PUT ANOTHER NOTCH IN MY BELT FOR BOATS THAT HAVE GONE CRIPPLED 58 00:02:55,633 --> 00:02:59,033 WHILE DAN ADAMS IS ON BOARD. 59 00:02:59,133 --> 00:03:02,933 Narrator: WHILE DAN'S BEEN BATTLING BAD LUCK, 60 00:03:03,033 --> 00:03:07,033 ODYSSEY'S OTHER CREWS WERE OUT MAKING HISTORY... 61 00:03:07,133 --> 00:03:10,933 INCLUDING ONE OF THE GREATEST MARITIME DISCOVERIES TO DATE... 62 00:03:11,033 --> 00:03:13,373 OH, MY GOD. 63 00:03:13,467 --> 00:03:15,297 ...COMPLETE WITH THE LARGEST BRONZE CANNON 64 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,070 EVER RECOVERED FROM A SHIPWRECK. 65 00:03:18,167 --> 00:03:19,467 THAT'S PRETTY DAMN COOL. 66 00:03:19,567 --> 00:03:21,467 [ LAUGHS ] IT'S REALLY SOMETHING. 67 00:03:21,567 --> 00:03:24,867 HMS VICTORY IS THE FIND OF A LIFETIME. 68 00:03:24,967 --> 00:03:27,597 BUT IT WAS A SEASON FULL OF THEM. 69 00:03:27,700 --> 00:03:30,400 THEY FOUND MULTIPLE GERMAN U-BOATS 70 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:32,470 MISSING SINCE WORLD WAR II. 71 00:03:32,567 --> 00:03:35,397 WE THINK WE'VE GOT A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. 72 00:03:35,500 --> 00:03:37,100 OUTSTANDING. 73 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,100 AND SOME SHIPWRECKS GAVE UP PRICELESS CLUES. 74 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:41,400 BELL. 75 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:42,870 Martin: IT'S A BELL. 76 00:03:42,967 --> 00:03:44,927 A BRONZE BELL WAS THE KEY TO IDENTIFYING 77 00:03:45,033 --> 00:03:48,603 A LONG-LOST EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH PRIVATEER. 78 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:52,970 THEY UNCOVERED THE SECRETS OF THE LEGENDARY LUSITANIA... 79 00:03:53,067 --> 00:03:54,697 THERE'S AN "S." 80 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,270 Dobson: THERE'S AN "S" IN THE TOP-LEFT. Martin: YEP. 81 00:03:57,367 --> 00:04:01,097 Narrator: ...AND CAPPED IT ALL OFF BY FINDING A SUNKEN CONTAINER 82 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,300 FILLED WITH CHAMPAGNE. 83 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,930 [ LAUGHTER ] 84 00:04:05,033 --> 00:04:07,733 DAN HAS MISSED OUT ON IT ALL. 85 00:04:07,833 --> 00:04:13,373 THIS MISSION IS HIS LAST CHANCE TO BRING IN A MAJOR SCORE. 86 00:04:13,467 --> 00:04:14,467 THIS IS A PROJECT 87 00:04:14,567 --> 00:04:16,767 THAT WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE SEASON OUT WITH, 88 00:04:16,867 --> 00:04:19,667 SO, YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO FINISH IT OFF WITH A BIG BANG. 89 00:04:21,733 --> 00:04:23,803 Narrator: THERE ARE JUST TWO PROBLEMS. 90 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:26,470 ONE, DAN IS HEADING TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC -- 91 00:04:26,567 --> 00:04:30,367 FAR OUTSIDE ODYSSEY'S NORMAL HUNTING GROUND. 92 00:04:30,467 --> 00:04:35,067 AND TWO, THIS IS THE WORST TIME OF THE YEAR FOR STORMS. 93 00:04:35,167 --> 00:04:38,797 BAD WEATHER ISN'T A THREAT -- IT'S A GUARANTEE. 94 00:04:38,900 --> 00:04:41,170 BUT IF THEY MAKE IT THROUGH, 95 00:04:41,267 --> 00:04:43,527 THE POTENTIAL PAYDAY IS ENORMOUS. 96 00:04:43,633 --> 00:04:49,103 THE S.S. LACONIA IS KNOWN TO SOME AS "THE SILVER QUEEN" 97 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:54,430 BECAUSE SHE SANK WITH A HUGE TROVE OF SILVER ON BOARD. 98 00:04:54,533 --> 00:04:57,773 LAUNCHED IN 1912, LACONIA WAS THE JEWEL 99 00:04:57,867 --> 00:05:00,797 OF THE FAMED CUNARD PASSENGER FLEET. 100 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:05,427 ONE OF THE MOST LAVISH CRUISE SHIPS EVER BUILT, 101 00:05:05,533 --> 00:05:08,103 SHE SURPASSED LUSITANIA AND EVEN THE TITANIC 102 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:09,770 IN SHEER LUXURY. 103 00:05:09,867 --> 00:05:14,727 SHE BOASTED THREE SEPARATE DINING SALOONS... 104 00:05:14,833 --> 00:05:19,003 OPEN PROMENADES ON EACH DECK... 105 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:22,230 A VERANDA CAFé... 106 00:05:22,333 --> 00:05:25,703 AND A FULLY EQUIPPED GYMNASIUM. 107 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:27,630 THE LIBRARY AND WRITING ROOM 108 00:05:27,733 --> 00:05:30,573 WERE OUTFITTED WITH SOLID MAHOGANY FURNITURE 109 00:05:30,667 --> 00:05:34,267 AND FULLY FUNCTIONING FIREPLACES. 110 00:05:34,367 --> 00:05:37,897 LIFE ON BOARD THE LACONIA WAS GOOD. 111 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,130 AND ON HER FINAL VOYAGE, FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL, 112 00:05:41,233 --> 00:05:43,733 SHE CARRIED AN ENORMOUS CARGO OF SILVER. 113 00:05:43,833 --> 00:05:45,873 TO RECOVER THE LACONIA 114 00:05:45,967 --> 00:05:51,227 IS TO CLAIM ONE OF THE OCEAN'S GREAT UNDISCOVERED FORTUNES. 115 00:05:51,333 --> 00:05:54,773 ODYSSEY HAS A GOOD IDEA OF HER LOCATION. 116 00:05:54,867 --> 00:05:56,997 SHE HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN VISITED BEFORE, 117 00:05:57,100 --> 00:05:58,530 BUT NO ONE HAS HAD THE TECHNOLOGY 118 00:05:58,633 --> 00:06:01,273 TO FIND THE SILVER. 119 00:06:01,367 --> 00:06:04,227 THE PLAN IS TO RECOVER A SINGLE ARTIFACT FROM THE WRECK. 120 00:06:04,333 --> 00:06:05,603 THEY'LL USE THAT ARTIFACT 121 00:06:05,700 --> 00:06:10,430 TO MAKE A FORMAL SALVAGE CLAIM IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT. 122 00:06:10,533 --> 00:06:12,903 BUT TO KNOW JUST WHAT THAT'S WORTH, 123 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,570 THEY'VE GOT TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. 124 00:06:16,667 --> 00:06:19,067 SO, WE'VE GOT THE CARGO DETAILS HERE. 125 00:06:19,167 --> 00:06:20,467 WAR-RISK INSURANCE... 126 00:06:20,567 --> 00:06:23,627 INSURED FOR BLAH, BLAH, BLAH... 127 00:06:23,733 --> 00:06:24,973 FINE SILVER... 128 00:06:25,067 --> 00:06:26,627 SO THOSE ARE THE COINS. 129 00:06:26,733 --> 00:06:29,803 THE MANIFEST OF THE S.S. LACONIA 130 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:32,700 LISTS LARGE QUANTITIES OF PRECIOUS METALS. 131 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,300 THIS IS SILVER DOLLARS, SOMETHING. 132 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,070 THAT'S THE QUANTITY. 133 00:06:38,167 --> 00:06:40,897 SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL COINS COULD BE WORTH 134 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,830 THOUSANDS OF TIMES THEIR ORIGINAL FACE VALUE, 135 00:06:43,933 --> 00:06:46,173 DEPENDING ON CONDITION AND RARITY. 136 00:06:46,267 --> 00:06:48,397 BUT COINS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING. 137 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:49,900 467 BARS. 138 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,370 OH, YEAH. 139 00:06:52,467 --> 00:06:55,897 HUNDREDS OF SILVER BARS, EACH WEIGHING UP TO 70 POUNDS, 140 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,900 TIP THE SCALES. 141 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,800 THE LACONIA CARRIED UP TO 33 TONS IN SILVER. 142 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:04,970 ALL OF IT NOW LIES 143 00:07:05,067 --> 00:07:08,467 BENEATH THE COLD WATERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC. 144 00:07:08,567 --> 00:07:10,497 ODYSSEY HAS COME PACKED 145 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,000 WITH THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY TO FIND THEIR PRIZE. 146 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:15,400 THE ROV ABOARD THE J.L. 147 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:18,400 CAN REACH OVER 18,000 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE. 148 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:19,830 BUT ON THIS MISSION, 149 00:07:19,933 --> 00:07:23,173 IT'S THE SURFACE CONDITIONS THAT ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERN. 150 00:07:23,267 --> 00:07:26,227 AS THE SHIP NEARS THE SITE OF THE LACONIA, 151 00:07:26,333 --> 00:07:27,733 THE STORM SYSTEM WORSENS 152 00:07:27,833 --> 00:07:30,733 AND BEGINS TO SHAKE THINGS UP ON DECK. 153 00:07:30,833 --> 00:07:34,173 THE ROV HAS BROKEN FREE OF ITS LASHINGS, 154 00:07:34,267 --> 00:07:36,067 AND THE CREW SCRAMBLES TO SECURE IT 155 00:07:36,167 --> 00:07:39,627 BEFORE THE SEAS GET EVEN ROUGHER. 156 00:07:39,733 --> 00:07:44,673 NO DAMAGE IS DONE, BUT IT'S A BAD OMEN. 157 00:07:44,767 --> 00:07:46,697 YEAH, I NEED TO COME AHEAD NOW, ANYWAYS, 158 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,600 SO WE'LL JUST BE COMING SLOWLY AHEAD. 159 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:50,070 WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT IT LATER. 160 00:07:50,167 --> 00:07:52,397 Narrator: THE J.L. IS A CHARTERED VESSEL, 161 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:54,670 SO DAN DOESN'T HAVE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY. 162 00:07:54,767 --> 00:07:57,197 THIS IS CAPTAIN BILL RICHARDSON'S BOAT, 163 00:07:57,300 --> 00:08:00,000 AND HE HAS FINAL SAY ON WHETHER THEY CAN DIVE OR NOT. 164 00:08:00,167 --> 00:08:02,997 WELL, WE'RE JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER NOW, 165 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:05,730 AND THE WEATHER'S GOING TO GET WORSE AND WORSE 166 00:08:05,833 --> 00:08:07,233 THROUGH UNTIL THE SPRING. 167 00:08:07,333 --> 00:08:11,333 AND SO WE COULD BE WAITING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AT A TIME. 168 00:08:11,433 --> 00:08:14,073 IT'S A WEATHER GAME AT THE MOMENT. 169 00:08:14,167 --> 00:08:15,567 Narrator: THEIR ONLY OPTION FOR NOW 170 00:08:15,667 --> 00:08:18,697 IS TO SCAN THE FORECASTS IN SEARCH OF A WEATHER WINDOW -- 171 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,030 A PERIOD BETWEEN WINTER STORMS. 172 00:08:20,133 --> 00:08:22,373 Adams: IT'S LOOKING A LOT BETTER TODAY THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY. 173 00:08:22,467 --> 00:08:23,927 Richardson: I WAS WORRIED YESTERDAY. 174 00:08:24,033 --> 00:08:25,973 I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA BE HEADING BACK INTO PORT. 175 00:08:26,067 --> 00:08:29,267 SO, WHAT PARAMETERS CAN WE OPERATE IN 176 00:08:29,367 --> 00:08:31,227 AS FAR AS ROV SIDE SCAN? 177 00:08:31,333 --> 00:08:33,773 WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SEA STATE FOUR 178 00:08:33,867 --> 00:08:36,427 TO SAFELY LAUNCH AND RECOVER THE ROV. 179 00:08:36,533 --> 00:08:37,803 ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, 180 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:39,930 THE SHIP MOVES AROUND A BIT TOO MUCH. 181 00:08:40,033 --> 00:08:42,573 AND GETTING THE THING OFF DECK AND IN THE WATER 182 00:08:42,667 --> 00:08:43,927 BECOMES A BIT HAZARDOUS. 183 00:08:44,033 --> 00:08:45,403 RIGHT, RIGHT. 184 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:51,800 Narrator: A SEA STATE OF 4 MEANS WAVES UP TO 8 FEET. 185 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:54,070 ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT MAKES LAUNCHING THE ROV 186 00:08:54,167 --> 00:08:57,897 TOO DANGEROUS FOR BOTH THE GEAR AND THE CREW. 187 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,230 UNLIKE ODYSSEY'S FLAGSHIP, THE EXPLORER, 188 00:09:01,333 --> 00:09:05,633 THE JOHN LETHBRIDGE WASN'T MEANT FOR DEEP-SEA ARCHAEOLOGY. 189 00:09:05,733 --> 00:09:07,633 THE CREW COULD BE IN FOR A ROUGHER RIDE THAN EXPECTED. 190 00:09:07,733 --> 00:09:11,273 LOOK, HERE'S MY LEAKY PORTHOLE. 191 00:09:11,367 --> 00:09:14,397 YOU CAN SEE THERE, SOMEONE'S TRIED TO REPAIR IT, 192 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:17,300 AND THEY'VE MADE THIS SORT OF HALF AQUARIUM, 193 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:18,800 WHICH HOLDS THE WATER. 194 00:09:18,900 --> 00:09:21,730 I'M FRIGHTENED TO OPEN IT. WHOOSH. 195 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:26,870 Narrator: CONDITIONS AREN'T IDEAL. 196 00:09:26,967 --> 00:09:29,597 BUT GOOD WEATHER COULD OPEN UP AT ANY TIME, 197 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:30,970 SO THE CREW NEEDS TO BE 198 00:09:31,067 --> 00:09:33,427 READY FOR ACTION AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE. 199 00:09:33,533 --> 00:09:35,773 OKAY, COME ON. ONE MORE TIME. 200 00:09:35,867 --> 00:09:39,897 SCOTT STEMM IS A DATA MANAGER FOR ODYSSEY ON THIS PROJECT. 201 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,970 HE IS ALSO THE BROTHER OF C.E.O. GREG STEMM. 202 00:09:44,067 --> 00:09:47,927 SCOTT IS ON BOARD TO OVERSEE THE NON-ODYSSEY CHARTER CREW 203 00:09:48,033 --> 00:09:50,533 AND MAKE SURE THE OPERATIONS GO ACCORDING TO PLAN. 204 00:09:50,633 --> 00:09:52,503 WELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS. 205 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,330 Martin: IS IT TRAVELING? 206 00:09:54,433 --> 00:09:55,803 Wilson: YEP. SHUT IT OFF. 207 00:09:55,900 --> 00:09:56,900 OFF. 208 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,070 Narrator: NOW IT'S A WAITING GAME. 209 00:10:00,167 --> 00:10:01,897 IF THE STORM BREAKS, 210 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:06,000 THEY COULD BE ONE DIVE AWAY FROM A FORTUNE IN SILVER. 211 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:08,670 BUT THE CREW OF THE J.L. 212 00:10:08,767 --> 00:10:11,997 IS ABOUT TO GET A RUDE AWAKENING. 213 00:10:17,733 --> 00:10:22,473 Narrator: THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 1st, AT DAWN. 214 00:10:22,567 --> 00:10:26,597 THE ODYSSEY TEAM LEARNS THAT SOMETHING HAS GONE VERY WRONG. 215 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:29,170 WHILE THE REST OF THE CREW SLEPT, 216 00:10:29,267 --> 00:10:32,327 THE SHIP'S CHIEF OFFICER WAS ON THE BRIDGE. 217 00:10:32,433 --> 00:10:36,473 WHEN I CAME UP ON WATCH, THERE WAS A VESSEL ON THE RADAR, 218 00:10:36,567 --> 00:10:39,167 PROBABLY ABOUT 9 OR 10 MILES AWAY. 219 00:10:39,267 --> 00:10:42,997 HAD A QUICK LOOK AT IT, CHECKED ON THE CHARTS, 220 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:45,070 AND IT TURNED OUT THAT IT WAS 221 00:10:45,167 --> 00:10:49,897 RIGHT IN THE POSITION WHERE WE WERE HEADING TO WORK. 222 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,970 AND IT WAS SOMETHING WE CERTAINLY WASN'T EXPECTING. 223 00:10:53,067 --> 00:10:59,727 Narrator: A SHIP IS ALREADY SITTING IN ODYSSEY'S PRIME SEARCH AREA. 224 00:10:59,833 --> 00:11:02,303 Peters: HE SAID HE WAS, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED IN SOME SURVEY WORK. 225 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:03,630 AND SO, WELL, I JUST ASKED HIM 226 00:11:03,733 --> 00:11:05,773 IF HE WAS TOWING ANYTHING OR HAD ANYTHING IN THE WATER. 227 00:11:05,867 --> 00:11:07,627 AND HE SAID, YES, HE HAD AN ROV DOWN. 228 00:11:07,733 --> 00:11:10,973 Narrator: IT'S A SHIP MUCH LIKE THE J.L., 229 00:11:11,067 --> 00:11:13,767 AND IT'S WORKING VERY NEAR ODYSSEY'S TARGET. 230 00:11:13,867 --> 00:11:16,427 THEY'VE MAY HAVE BEEN BEATEN TO THE PUNCH. 231 00:11:16,533 --> 00:11:17,733 AND THEN I JUST ASKED HIM, 232 00:11:17,833 --> 00:11:19,633 "HOW LONG ARE YOU EXPECTED TO BE IN THE AREA?" 233 00:11:19,733 --> 00:11:21,203 AND HE SAID FIVE DAYS. 234 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:24,970 Narrator: FIVE DAYS WILL USE UP THE ENTIRE WINDOW OF GOOD WEATHER 235 00:11:25,067 --> 00:11:27,697 AND GO RIGHT INTO THE NEXT STORM. 236 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,070 DAN'S RUN OF BAD LUCK HASN'T ENDED. 237 00:11:31,167 --> 00:11:33,767 NO, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME. 238 00:11:33,867 --> 00:11:34,927 IT WAS KIND OF A SHOCK. 239 00:11:35,033 --> 00:11:37,233 THAT'S WHY, AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE. 240 00:11:37,333 --> 00:11:40,533 Narrator: A SALVAGE VESSEL PARKED IN THE AREA 241 00:11:40,633 --> 00:11:43,203 OF THE S.S. LACONIA SHIPWRECK SITE. 242 00:11:43,300 --> 00:11:47,370 IT'S UNLIKELY TO BE A COINCIDENCE. 243 00:11:47,467 --> 00:11:51,227 THE CREW DOES THEIR HOMEWORK AND CONFIRMS THAT THE OTHER SHIP 244 00:11:51,333 --> 00:11:53,433 IS OUTFITTED FOR HEAVY SALVAGE WORK. 245 00:11:53,533 --> 00:11:56,633 Adams: THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. IT'S ABOUT 70 METERS LONG. 246 00:11:56,733 --> 00:11:58,633 LOOKS LIKE A WINCH HERE, 247 00:11:58,733 --> 00:12:02,673 POSSIBLY ROV OVER HERE, BUT I CAN'T REALLY TELL. 248 00:12:02,767 --> 00:12:04,127 IT'S A BIT DISAPPOINTING. 249 00:12:04,233 --> 00:12:06,973 I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING AT THE LACONIA, 250 00:12:07,067 --> 00:12:08,867 BUT THAT'S NOT TO BE. 251 00:12:08,967 --> 00:12:10,427 [ CHUCKLES ] 252 00:12:10,533 --> 00:12:14,903 Narrator: ODYSSEY HAS SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET HERE. 253 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,070 THEY DON'T GIVE UP THAT EASILY. 254 00:12:17,167 --> 00:12:19,597 BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO BE PATIENT. 255 00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:23,700 WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THEIR COMPETITION TO MOVE OFF SITE, 256 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,830 THEY'LL GO HUNTING FOR OTHER TREASURE NEARBY. 257 00:12:26,933 --> 00:12:29,233 AND THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT -- 258 00:12:29,333 --> 00:12:32,673 THE OLD HUNTING GROUNDS OF GERMAN SUBMARINES. 259 00:12:32,767 --> 00:12:36,567 U-BOATS CRUISED THESE WATERS DURING BOTH WORLD WARS, 260 00:12:36,667 --> 00:12:40,597 AND THE SEAFLOOR IN THIS AREA IS LITTERED WITH THEIR KILLS -- 261 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:42,930 HUNDREDS OF MERCHANT VESSELS, CARRYING EVERYTHING 262 00:12:43,033 --> 00:12:47,503 FROM LEAD, TIN, COPPER, AND STEEL. 263 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,000 THEY'RE KNOWN AS COMMODITY WRECKS, 264 00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:51,170 AND A SALVAGE JOB ON ONE OF THESE STEEL SHIPS 265 00:12:51,267 --> 00:12:52,497 IS A LOT DIFFERENT 266 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,530 THAN ODYSSEY'S DELICATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS. 267 00:12:55,633 --> 00:12:58,003 Dobson: NOW, IF WE COULD TURN THIS INTO GOLD, 268 00:12:58,100 --> 00:12:59,300 WE'D BE ONTO SOMETHING. 269 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,370 Narrator: ODYSSEY HAS ALREADY FOUND AND INSPECTED 270 00:13:02,467 --> 00:13:05,167 AN ENGLISH CHANNEL WRECK EARLIER THIS SEASON. 271 00:13:05,267 --> 00:13:08,327 IT'S LOADED WITH TONS OF LEAD 272 00:13:08,433 --> 00:13:10,733 THAT COULD BE SOLD TO THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY. 273 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:14,873 FOR POSSIBLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 274 00:13:17,867 --> 00:13:18,897 SINCE THE J.L. CREW 275 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,770 CAN NO LONGER BANK ON THE S.S. LACONIA, 276 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:24,827 THEY NEED TO FIND A COMMODITY WRECK, AND FAST. 277 00:13:24,933 --> 00:13:29,533 IT COULD KEEP THIS VOYAGE FROM BEING A TOTAL WRITE-OFF. 278 00:13:29,633 --> 00:13:32,333 Adams: WE'RE LOOKING FOR WORLD WAR II-ERA 279 00:13:32,433 --> 00:13:34,933 AND WORLD WAR I-ERA-TYPE SHIPS, 280 00:13:35,033 --> 00:13:36,503 YOU KNOW, MAINLY STEEL-HULLED SHIPS. 281 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,130 IT'LL PAY THE BILLS. [ LAUGHS ] 282 00:13:39,233 --> 00:13:43,833 Narrator: THE TRICK NOW IS TO STAY CLOSE TO THE SITE OF THE S.S. LACONIA 283 00:13:43,933 --> 00:13:45,833 WITHOUT BEING DETECTED. 284 00:13:45,933 --> 00:13:48,433 WE CAN, YOU KNOW, USE CODE NAMES AND, YOU KNOW, 285 00:13:48,533 --> 00:13:51,433 DON'T BLAB OUT TO OUR FRIENDS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND STUFF 286 00:13:51,533 --> 00:13:54,633 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO TIP OFF OUR COMPETITORS. 287 00:13:54,733 --> 00:13:57,133 Narrator: THEY'VE SELECTED THEIR NEXT TARGET. 288 00:13:57,233 --> 00:13:59,473 CODE NAME -- SAVANA. 289 00:13:59,567 --> 00:14:04,727 AND IT LIES JUST TWO HOURS WEST OF THEIR CURRENT POSITION. 290 00:14:04,833 --> 00:14:06,573 Adams: IT HAS A THOUSAND TONS OF COPPER ON BOARD. 291 00:14:06,667 --> 00:14:09,427 SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH OUR TIME 292 00:14:09,533 --> 00:14:11,973 IF WE CAN RECOVER SOME OF THAT COPPER. 293 00:14:12,067 --> 00:14:14,097 Narrator: ON THE WAY TO THE SITE, 294 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,230 THEY'LL PREP THEIR STATIONS FOR AN EXPLORATORY DIVE. 295 00:14:17,333 --> 00:14:21,073 UNLIKE ODYSSEY EXPLORER, WHERE DIVE ACTIVITIES 296 00:14:21,167 --> 00:14:23,867 ARE COORDINATED BETWEEN THREE DIFFERENT ROOMS, 297 00:14:23,967 --> 00:14:25,967 OPERATIONS ON THE JOHN LETHBRIDGE 298 00:14:26,067 --> 00:14:28,467 ARE CENTRALIZED IN A SINGLE CONTROL ROOM 299 00:14:28,567 --> 00:14:30,997 WHERE SURVEYORS, ROV OPERATORS, 300 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:32,470 AND DATA MANAGERS WORK IN TANDEM. 301 00:14:32,567 --> 00:14:35,197 CAN WE GET A PHOTO OF IT BEFORE WE PICK IT UP? 302 00:14:35,300 --> 00:14:39,830 NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS ARE SENT FROM HERE TO THE SHIP'S BRIDGE. 303 00:14:39,933 --> 00:14:43,503 DAN AND NEIL PORE OVER THE SPECS ON SAVANA. 304 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,970 SHE WAS A WORLD WAR I CARGO SHIP THAT, ACCORDING TO RECORDS, 305 00:14:47,067 --> 00:14:49,097 WENT DOWN CARRYING TONS OF COPPER 306 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,270 TO BE TURNED INTO ARTILLERY SHELL CASINGS IN ENGLAND. 307 00:14:53,367 --> 00:14:55,727 MATCHES THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. 308 00:14:55,833 --> 00:14:58,273 DO YOU KNOW THE STORY? NO. 309 00:14:58,367 --> 00:14:59,767 WELL, BASICALLY, 310 00:14:59,867 --> 00:15:05,327 THE U-BOAT STOPPED HER AND BOARDED HER. 311 00:15:05,433 --> 00:15:06,903 TOOK PEOPLE OFF IT, 312 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,000 AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY SET CHARGES 313 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:13,200 DOWN IN THE ENGINE ROOM TO BLOW HER OUT. 314 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:15,900 A U-BOAT STALKING SAVANA 315 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:21,070 FIRED A TORPEDO WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND MISSED. 316 00:15:21,167 --> 00:15:22,797 SUDDENLY AWARE OF THE DANGER, 317 00:15:22,900 --> 00:15:25,470 THE CARGO SHIP TRIED TO OUTRUN THE SUBMARINE 318 00:15:25,567 --> 00:15:27,297 BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT. 319 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:28,970 THE U-BOAT CHASED HER DOWN 320 00:15:29,067 --> 00:15:31,897 AND FORCED HER CREW OF 19 MEN INTO LIFEBOATS. 321 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,570 RATHER THAN WASTE ANOTHER TORPEDO, 322 00:15:35,667 --> 00:15:40,127 THE GERMANS BOARDED SAVANA AND SANK HER WITH EXPLOSIVES. 323 00:15:40,233 --> 00:15:43,233 THE SHIP AND A THOUSAND TONS OF COPPER 324 00:15:43,333 --> 00:15:45,503 WENT STRAIGHT TO THE BOTTOM. 325 00:15:47,133 --> 00:15:51,033 BUT YOU CAN'T SALVAGE WHAT YOU CAN'T FIND. 326 00:15:51,133 --> 00:15:54,133 THE FIRST STEP FOR ODYSSEY IS TO MOUNT THEIR DEEPEST 327 00:15:54,233 --> 00:15:58,133 SONAR-SCANNING OPERATION OF THE SEASON... 328 00:15:58,233 --> 00:16:02,033 A NEW CONCEPT FOR SOME OF DAN'S CREW. 329 00:16:02,133 --> 00:16:04,203 I'VE TAKEN AN INTRO CLASS IN THE SONAR, 330 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:06,730 BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE WORKED WITH IT. 331 00:16:06,833 --> 00:16:09,973 Narrator: ZACH ANTONISSEN IS JUST OUT OF SCHOOL, 332 00:16:10,067 --> 00:16:12,297 AND HE'S WORKING TOWARD HIS DREAM JOB. 333 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,430 I NEVER REALLY WANTED TO BE A COMMERCIAL DIVER. 334 00:16:14,533 --> 00:16:16,103 I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A ROV PILOT. 335 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,930 Narrator: HIS FIRST TOUR AT SEA HASN'T BEEN EASY. 336 00:16:20,033 --> 00:16:22,903 THE DAYS ARE EITHER EXHAUSTINGLY FRANTIC 337 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,430 OR TEDIOUS TO THE POINT OF BOREDOM. 338 00:16:25,533 --> 00:16:27,133 AND IN WEATHER LIKE THIS, 339 00:16:27,233 --> 00:16:32,703 THERE'S NO ESCAPING THE CURSE OF THE NEWBIE -- SEASICKNESS. 340 00:16:34,833 --> 00:16:37,333 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND FIRE UP. 341 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,230 IT'S COLD OUT HERE TONIGHT. 342 00:16:41,333 --> 00:16:44,773 BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS ON THE SURFACE 343 00:16:44,867 --> 00:16:49,597 AND THE DEPTH OF THE WRECK, THIS IS A COMPLICATED OPERATION. 344 00:16:49,700 --> 00:16:51,470 Adams: BRIDGE, DECK. Richardson: Go ahead. 345 00:16:51,567 --> 00:16:54,097 YEAH, DO YOU HAVE YOUR CLEAR COMMS ON UP THERE? 346 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,700 Let me double check. 347 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,600 Someone might have turned the old volume down. 348 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,200 SAVANA RESTS BENEATH A QUARTER MILE OF OCEAN. 349 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:08,930 IT WILL TAKE THEIR SONAR ARRAY 350 00:17:09,033 --> 00:17:13,303 HOURS TO DESCEND AND THEN FIND THE RIGHT HEADING... 351 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,170 ALL AT THE END OF THOUSANDS OF FEET OF DATA CABLE. 352 00:17:17,267 --> 00:17:18,627 WITH THAT MUCH CABLE, 353 00:17:18,733 --> 00:17:22,173 KEEPING THE SONAR AN EVEN 20 METERS ABOVE THE SEAFLOOR 354 00:17:22,267 --> 00:17:24,027 IS NO EASY TASK. 355 00:17:24,133 --> 00:17:28,233 A COLLISION WOULD DAMAGE A $100,000 PIECE OF GEAR 356 00:17:28,333 --> 00:17:31,433 AND PUT AN END TO A MISSION WORTH MILLIONS. 357 00:17:31,533 --> 00:17:36,303 THE SURVEY CREW SETTLES IN FOR A LONG NIGHT OF TENSE WORK. 358 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,670 SO, THIS IS OUR FIRST RUN ON IT. 359 00:17:38,767 --> 00:17:42,627 SO, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET LUCKY AND CATCH IT ON OUR FIRST TRY. 360 00:17:42,733 --> 00:17:45,173 I'M GONNA TRUST YOU AGAIN. 361 00:17:45,267 --> 00:17:48,667 I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU ALONE DURING THE TURN. 362 00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:50,267 ZACH TAKES THE BIG CHAIR 363 00:17:50,367 --> 00:17:52,567 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DEEP WATER. 364 00:17:52,667 --> 00:17:54,997 HE'S IN CHARGE UNTIL DAN GETS BACK. 365 00:17:55,100 --> 00:17:57,270 [ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ] 366 00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:01,600 BRIDGE, CAN YOU SPEED UP A BIT? 367 00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:03,900 Richardson: Sorry. Say again. 368 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,770 COULD YOU SPEED UP? 369 00:18:05,867 --> 00:18:10,327 IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE HE'S THROWN A CRISIS. 370 00:18:10,433 --> 00:18:13,933 YEAH, SORRY, WE'RE JUST LOSING ALTITUDE ON THE FISH. 371 00:18:14,033 --> 00:18:15,733 READINGS FROM THE SONAR 372 00:18:15,833 --> 00:18:19,673 INDICATE IT'S HEADED STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE SEABED. 373 00:18:19,767 --> 00:18:22,997 THEY'RE SECONDS AWAY FROM A CATASTROPHE. 374 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:25,500 HAVE HIM STRAIGHTEN OUT THE BOAT. 375 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,070 IS HE GOING STRAIGHT? 376 00:18:27,167 --> 00:18:28,497 WHERE'S DAN? 377 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:29,730 LET'S CALL HIM. 378 00:18:29,833 --> 00:18:31,773 SOMETHING'S... 379 00:18:31,867 --> 00:18:33,367 WHAT? 380 00:18:33,467 --> 00:18:35,567 WELL, JUST LOOK AT OUR ALTITUDE. 381 00:18:35,667 --> 00:18:37,497 17. 382 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,770 'CAUSE I LEFT IT AT 500 METERS. 383 00:18:39,867 --> 00:18:41,027 YEAH, THIS SAYS... 384 00:18:41,133 --> 00:18:43,903 WELL, JUST AS I SAW THE ALTITUDE DROPPING. 385 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,170 YOU'RE NOT PICKING UP ALTITUDE. 386 00:18:46,267 --> 00:18:47,827 IT'S TOO HIGH. 387 00:18:47,933 --> 00:18:52,503 FALSE ALARM. ZACH HAS MADE A BEGINNER'S MISTAKE. 388 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,570 YEAH, THAT'S FINE. 389 00:18:54,667 --> 00:18:56,497 COULD YOU BRING IT DOWN TO FIVE KNOTS, PLEASE? 390 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:00,030 WE HAD A LITTLE MIX-UP DOWN HERE. 391 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,130 THEIR SONAR WAS SO FAR FROM THE SEAFLOOR 392 00:19:03,233 --> 00:19:05,803 THAT THE DOWNWARD SIGNAL WAS LOST. 393 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:08,430 INSTEAD, ZACH WAS READING THE ECHO 394 00:19:08,533 --> 00:19:11,603 REFLECTED BY THE SEA SURFACE -- FALSE DATA. 395 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:13,670 WELL, I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DEPTH 396 00:19:13,767 --> 00:19:15,397 AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE SHIP WHEEL 397 00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:17,630 AND I LOOK OVER AND THE ALTITUDE'S AT 15 398 00:19:17,733 --> 00:19:19,673 AND I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT AT ALL. 399 00:19:19,767 --> 00:19:21,867 I JUST HIT THE SUCKER AS FAST AS I CAN. 400 00:19:21,967 --> 00:19:23,997 'CAUSE THEY SLOWED DOWN FOR THAT TURN. 401 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:26,600 PART OF IT'S MY FAULT 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WARN HIM ABOUT IT. 402 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:28,800 IT JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M USED TO ALL THESE GUYS, 403 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:31,170 ALL THE OTHER GUYS THAT HAVE WORKED IN DEEP WATER, 404 00:19:31,267 --> 00:19:33,097 THEY KNOW IT LOSES ITS BOTTOM TRACKING. 405 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,770 Richardson: Dan. Pull the fuse. 406 00:19:35,867 --> 00:19:38,427 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEED UP TO FOUR KNOTS, PLEASE. 407 00:19:38,533 --> 00:19:41,803 Narrator: THE TEAM SETS UP FOR ANOTHER PASS, 408 00:19:41,900 --> 00:19:44,270 AND ZACH GETS A SHOT AT REDEMPTION. 409 00:19:44,367 --> 00:19:47,397 SEE THE MAGNETOMETER IS STARTING TO PEAK THERE. 410 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:51,000 A LITTLE DEBRIS OUT HERE. 411 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,100 HOURS LATER, 412 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,000 THEY FINALLY GET THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE SHIPWRECK. 413 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:59,470 VERY NICE. OKAY. WE GOT OUR IMAGE. 414 00:19:59,567 --> 00:20:02,427 WITH THESE DETAILED SONAR PICTURES, 415 00:20:02,533 --> 00:20:05,603 NEIL AND DAN CAN BEGIN PLANNING PHASE 2 OF THEIR OPERATION -- 416 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:06,830 THE DIVE. 417 00:20:06,933 --> 00:20:09,203 THIS IS THE FIRST TARGET WE CAME TO. 418 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:12,270 THIS IS EVEN BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN SEE IT IN THE SHADOW HERE. 419 00:20:12,367 --> 00:20:14,697 MIGHT BE JUST SOME SEDIMENT. BUT IT'S BROKEN OFF? 420 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,670 YEAH, IT BROKE OFF REAL CLEAN, LOOKS LIKE. 421 00:20:17,767 --> 00:20:19,727 USING THE SCANNING IMAGE, THEY PLOT A MAP 422 00:20:19,833 --> 00:20:23,533 TO THE CARGO'S MOST LIKELY POSITION ON THE WRECK SITE. 423 00:20:23,633 --> 00:20:26,173 SO, I ASSUME PROBABLY COPPER INGOTS 424 00:20:26,267 --> 00:20:28,627 WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD LOOK FOR. 425 00:20:28,733 --> 00:20:30,573 OR WE'LL KEEP OUR EYE OUT FOR COPPER. 426 00:20:30,667 --> 00:20:32,667 WELL, IF A HEAVY LOAD HAD BEEN BLOWN UP, 427 00:20:32,767 --> 00:20:34,797 THIS SHOULD ALL SETTLE DOWN IN ONE AREA. 428 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:38,200 I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE START OUT HERE IN THE CENTER 429 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:39,800 AND SEE WHAT SPILLED OUT. 430 00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:43,630 THE STORY OF THE SHIP'S SINKING PROVIDES A KEY CLUE. 431 00:20:43,733 --> 00:20:47,673 THIS WRECK IS SPLIT IN TWO FROM EXPLOSIVES. 432 00:20:47,767 --> 00:20:49,997 HER PRECIOUS COPPER CARGO 433 00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:54,700 COULD BE SITTING OUT IN THE OPEN WAITING TO BE FOUND. 434 00:20:58,700 --> 00:21:01,570 Narrator: THE SHIP CODE-NAMED SAVANA 435 00:21:01,667 --> 00:21:05,167 BROKE INTO PIECES BY THE TIME IT ARRIVED ON THE SEAFLOOR. 436 00:21:05,267 --> 00:21:08,327 ODYSSEY'S PLAN IS TO LAND THEIR ROV 437 00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:11,073 DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE TWO SECTIONS OF HULL. 438 00:21:11,167 --> 00:21:15,827 THE J.L. TEAM'S ROV MAY NOT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THE FAMOUS ZEUS, 439 00:21:15,933 --> 00:21:19,403 BUT THE TWO SHARE MANY OF THE SAME ABILITIES. 440 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:27,400 THIS IS COMANCHE 1, OUR ROV, AND IT'S RATED TO 6,000 METERS. 441 00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:30,630 THIS IS OUR HIGH-PERFORMANCE SONAR. 442 00:21:30,733 --> 00:21:33,903 OR THEY CALL IT AN ACOUSTIC CAMERA. 443 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,070 THESE TWO HERE ARE THE FLASHES FOR THE STILLS CAMERA. 444 00:21:37,167 --> 00:21:40,027 WE HAVE A MANIPULATOR HERE, A HOSE ON IT. 445 00:21:40,133 --> 00:21:42,933 AT THE MOMENT, IT'S NOT OVERLY FRIENDLY. 446 00:21:43,033 --> 00:21:45,473 THIS IS A FOUR-FUNCTION GRIPPER 447 00:21:45,567 --> 00:21:48,497 THAT REALLY IS TO HOLD ONTO THINGS 448 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,600 WHILE YOU'RE USING THE MANIPULATOR. 449 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:55,200 Narrator: UNLIKE ZEUS, WHICH IS FREE-SWIMMING, 450 00:21:55,300 --> 00:21:58,270 THIS ROV GOES INTO THE WATER IN A CAGE 451 00:21:58,367 --> 00:22:01,597 TO PROTECT THE ROBOT ON ITS WAY DOWNWARD. 452 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:04,900 ONCE ARRIVING ON THE SEABED, IT FLIES OUT, 453 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,900 CONNECTED BY A CABLE CALLED A TETHER. 454 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:12,730 THE TETHER SPOOLS FROM THE CAGE, KEEPING THE ROV ON A SAFE LEASH. 455 00:22:12,833 --> 00:22:15,873 Adams: RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A SECTOR-SCAN SONAR 456 00:22:15,967 --> 00:22:19,167 THAT REACHES OUT 100 METERS, 120 METERS AHEAD OF US. 457 00:22:19,267 --> 00:22:22,967 SO WE CAN SCAN FOR HARD OBJECTS LIKE METAL 458 00:22:23,067 --> 00:22:25,397 OR PART OF A SHIPWRECK OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. 459 00:22:25,500 --> 00:22:27,200 Narrator: THE ROV'S ONBOARD SONAR 460 00:22:27,300 --> 00:22:31,530 QUICKLY SPOTS A LARGE TARGET 100 METERS AHEAD. 461 00:22:31,633 --> 00:22:34,003 IT COULD BE SAVANA'S HULL. 462 00:22:34,100 --> 00:22:37,600 WE'LL GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO IT AND SEE WHAT IT IS. 463 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:41,570 STEP ONE WILL BE TO LOOK FOR CLUES ABOUT THE WRECK'S AGE. 464 00:22:41,667 --> 00:22:44,227 THAT WILL HELP THEM CONFIRM ITS IDENTITY. 465 00:22:44,333 --> 00:22:46,033 Dobson: WHAT WAS THAT? 466 00:22:46,133 --> 00:22:48,033 NEIL HAS PROBABLY SPENT MORE TIME 467 00:22:48,133 --> 00:22:51,273 DATING SHIPWRECKS THAN ANYBODY ELSE HERE. 468 00:22:53,167 --> 00:22:54,867 HE ALSO KNOWS HIS EELS. 469 00:22:54,967 --> 00:22:56,927 WOW, THAT'S A NICE ONE. 470 00:22:57,033 --> 00:23:01,833 Holmwood: I THINK IT'S BUSY EATING THE THRUSTER AT THE MOMENT. 471 00:23:01,933 --> 00:23:02,833 NICE PICTURE. 472 00:23:02,933 --> 00:23:04,473 YOU COULD GET ABOUT 20 QUID FOR THAT 473 00:23:04,567 --> 00:23:06,427 IN A CHINESE RESTAURANT. 474 00:23:06,533 --> 00:23:09,833 SHIPWRECKS ATTRACT FISH, LIKE CORAL REEFS. 475 00:23:09,933 --> 00:23:14,603 SEA LIFE IS ANOTHER CLUE THEY'RE APPROACHING A LARGE VESSEL. 476 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,030 UP ON THE BRIDGE, 477 00:23:19,133 --> 00:23:23,333 BILL CAREFULLY TRACKS THE ROV'S MOVEMENTS UNDERWATER. 478 00:23:23,433 --> 00:23:28,033 HE STEERS THE SHIP TO FOLLOW IT AS IT MOVES CLOSER AND CLOSER. 479 00:23:28,133 --> 00:23:30,503 20 METERS AHEAD, COMING UP. 480 00:23:35,933 --> 00:23:41,003 THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE THERE? 481 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:42,970 THE ROV IS OVER 1,000 FEET 482 00:23:43,067 --> 00:23:45,667 BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN, 483 00:23:45,767 --> 00:23:48,797 AND THE VISIBILITY IS SURPRISINGLY GOOD. 484 00:23:48,900 --> 00:23:52,800 THEY SPOT THE FIRST PIECES OF WHAT MIGHT BE SAVANA'S WRECKAGE. 485 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:56,170 I WANT TO GET A STILL PICTURE OF THAT. 486 00:23:58,767 --> 00:24:02,397 THE JOHN LETHBRIDGE'S ROV PILOTS HAVEN'T HAD THE BENEFIT 487 00:24:02,500 --> 00:24:06,230 OF ODYSSEY'S LONG EXPERIENCE EXPLORING SHIPWRECKS. 488 00:24:06,333 --> 00:24:09,233 THEY'RE PLAYING IT SLOW, FLYING AROUND OBSTRUCTIONS, 489 00:24:09,333 --> 00:24:12,603 LONG BEFORE THE CAMERA EVEN SPOTS THEM. 490 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:17,000 THEY NEED AN ARTIFACT THAT CAN PLAY TWO ROLES -- 491 00:24:17,100 --> 00:24:19,000 IDENTIFY THE SHIP AND SERVE AS PROOF IN COURT, 492 00:24:19,100 --> 00:24:23,000 ALLOWING ODYSSEY TO CLAIM THE SALVAGE RIGHTS. 493 00:24:23,100 --> 00:24:25,670 THE FIRST CANDIDATE LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE 494 00:24:25,767 --> 00:24:28,067 SOME KIND OF CONTAINER. 495 00:24:28,167 --> 00:24:30,897 Dobson: HAVE YOU GOT THE EDGE OF THE MANIP IN THERE, AS WELL? 496 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:36,070 BUT WITH THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH FROM THE ROV'S MANIPULATOR ARMS, 497 00:24:36,167 --> 00:24:38,597 THE OBJECT DISINTEGRATES IN THE SEDIMENT, 498 00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:41,200 WEAKENED FROM DECADES LYING ON THE SEAFLOOR. 499 00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:43,030 [BLEEP] 500 00:24:43,133 --> 00:24:46,433 BUT NEIL QUICKLY SPOTS SOMETHING ELSE. 501 00:24:46,533 --> 00:24:49,773 I'M SEEING SOME STEEL PLATE WITH RIVET CONSTRUCTION, 502 00:24:49,867 --> 00:24:52,727 WHICH PUTS IT IN THE RIGHT TIME PERIOD. 503 00:24:52,833 --> 00:24:56,103 RIVETED STEEL DATES TO THE EARLY 20th CENTURY. 504 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,670 AND FROM HIS RESEARCH, 505 00:24:57,767 --> 00:25:00,227 NEIL KNOWS THAT SAVANA WAS RIVETED. 506 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,500 YEAH, THERE'S SOME OTHER FRAMING BEHIND THERE. 507 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,600 THAT OTHER PART THERE LOOKS -- YOU SEE THAT CORRUGATED... 508 00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:09,170 LOOKS INTERESTING. 509 00:25:09,267 --> 00:25:12,467 AN OBJECT IS PROTRUDING FROM THE DEBRIS. 510 00:25:12,567 --> 00:25:15,527 IT COULD BE PART OF SAVANA'S CARGO. 511 00:25:17,233 --> 00:25:20,133 THAT LOOKS LIKE COPPER, HUH? 512 00:25:20,233 --> 00:25:21,473 IF IT'S COPPER, 513 00:25:21,567 --> 00:25:24,767 THEN IT'S JUST THE KIND OF EVIDENCE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. 514 00:25:24,867 --> 00:25:27,767 NEIL DIRECTS THE ROV PILOTS TO RETRIEVE THE MATERIAL 515 00:25:27,867 --> 00:25:33,097 FROM THE SEABED -- A DELICATE MANEUVER. 516 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,300 IF IT DOESN'T SURVIVE THE QUARTER-MILE JOURNEY 517 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:41,100 THROUGH ROUGH SEAS, IT'S OF NO USE TO ODYSSEY. 518 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,530 THE ARTIFACT MAKES IT TO THE SURFACE IN ONE PIECE, 519 00:25:44,633 --> 00:25:47,433 AND IT HOLDS A SURPRISE FOR THE CREW. 520 00:25:50,533 --> 00:25:53,433 THEY'VE RECOVERED MORE THAN A SCRAP OF COPPER. 521 00:25:53,533 --> 00:25:55,303 THAT'S BRASS. 522 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,600 [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ] 523 00:25:58,700 --> 00:25:59,730 THAT'S GOOD. 524 00:25:59,833 --> 00:26:00,973 Narrator: IT APPEARS TO BE 525 00:26:01,067 --> 00:26:03,927 A FULL ROLL OF WEAPONS-GRADE BRASS, 526 00:26:04,033 --> 00:26:07,633 WHICH IS GENERALLY 95% COPPER AND 5% ZINC. 527 00:26:07,733 --> 00:26:10,033 THE FIRST THING THAT CAME IN MIND, IT'S GOT WAR MATéRIEL. 528 00:26:10,133 --> 00:26:11,733 MAYBE THIS IS FOR MAKING SHELL CASES. 529 00:26:11,833 --> 00:26:13,073 RIGHT CARGO, RIGHT SHIP. 530 00:26:13,167 --> 00:26:14,067 I'M HAPPY. 531 00:26:14,167 --> 00:26:15,967 VERY HAPPY. VERY HAPPY. 532 00:26:16,067 --> 00:26:18,127 SAVANA WAS MOST LIKELY CARRYING THE HIGH-COPPER BRASS 533 00:26:18,233 --> 00:26:19,573 AS WAR MATéRIEL, 534 00:26:19,667 --> 00:26:23,627 USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTILLERY SHELL CASINGS. 535 00:26:23,733 --> 00:26:24,873 IT'S PRETTY COOL, I GUESS. 536 00:26:24,967 --> 00:26:27,867 I DON'T WANT TO CUT IT, SO I'M GONNA ROLL IT. 537 00:26:27,967 --> 00:26:29,227 AND AS I'M ROLLING IT, I'M GONNA PUSH DOWN, 538 00:26:29,333 --> 00:26:33,403 AND THAT MIGHT FLATTEN IT A BIT MORE. 539 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:35,300 Narrator: THIS IS THE FIRST ARTIFACT ZACH'S EVER HELPED RETRIEVE. 540 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,800 30 POUNDS OF TREASURE. 541 00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:42,500 THE ROLL OF WEAPONS-GRADE BRASS IS JUST WHAT THEY NEEDED -- 542 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,630 THEY'LL TAKE A SMALL SAMPLE TO U.S. FEDERAL COURT 543 00:26:45,733 --> 00:26:48,633 AS PROOF OF THEIR FIND TO ARREST THE SHIPWRECK 544 00:26:48,733 --> 00:26:51,403 AND STAKE A LEGAL CLAIM TO HER CARGO. 545 00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:54,530 THE SAVANA DIVE HAS BEEN A TEXTBOOK OPERATION -- 546 00:26:54,633 --> 00:26:58,003 ONE THEY'D HOPED TO BE CONDUCTING ON THE S.S. LACONIA. 547 00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:01,370 IT APPEARS THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THE TRIP A SUCCESS. 548 00:27:01,467 --> 00:27:04,297 BUT NOW THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET A SECOND CHANCE 549 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:05,900 AT THE "SILVER QUEEN." 550 00:27:11,133 --> 00:27:14,003 Narrator: IN ODYSSEY'S BUSINESS, 551 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:17,070 IT ISN'T ALWAYS FINDER'S KEEPERS. 552 00:27:17,167 --> 00:27:20,427 SOMETIMES IT'S NOT WHO GETS TO THE TREASURE FIRST -- 553 00:27:20,533 --> 00:27:22,333 IT'S WHO GETS TO COURT FIRST. 554 00:27:22,433 --> 00:27:23,803 ODYSSEY'S COMPETITION 555 00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:26,970 MAY HAVE BEATEN THEM TO THE LACONIA WRECK SITE, 556 00:27:27,067 --> 00:27:28,767 BUT THE RACE IS STILL ON. 557 00:27:30,367 --> 00:27:32,267 UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS, 558 00:27:32,367 --> 00:27:34,767 DAN ADAMS TAKES ODYSSEY'S COVERT OPERATION 559 00:27:34,867 --> 00:27:37,567 TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 560 00:27:37,667 --> 00:27:40,097 THE J.L. IS CREEPING TO THE VERY EDGE 561 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,870 OF THEIR COMPETITION'S RADAR RANGE. 562 00:27:43,967 --> 00:27:45,367 HOPEFULLY, THEY JUST THINK 563 00:27:45,467 --> 00:27:48,197 WE'RE A FISHING VESSEL PASSING BY. 564 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:50,330 Narrator: IT'S BEEN LESS THAN 48 HOURS 565 00:27:50,433 --> 00:27:53,203 SINCE THEY FIRST MADE CONTACT WITH THE MYSTERIOUS SHIP. 566 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:55,900 Adams: I'D CALL IT A LITTLE CAT AND MOUSE. 567 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,500 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A FRIENDLY LITTLE GAME. 568 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,000 Narrator: IN THIS GAME, 569 00:28:00,167 --> 00:28:02,767 THERE ARE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT STAKE. 570 00:28:02,867 --> 00:28:05,067 AS THEY PULL INTO RADAR RANGE, 571 00:28:05,167 --> 00:28:08,267 BILL NOTICES THAT SOMETHING HAS CHANGED. 572 00:28:08,367 --> 00:28:12,797 THEIR COMPETITION IS NO LONGER SITTING OVER THE TARGET AREA. 573 00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:17,370 RANGE IS 24 KILOMETERS. 574 00:28:17,467 --> 00:28:18,867 Adams: YEP. 575 00:28:18,967 --> 00:28:21,567 BEARING IS 2-0-5. 576 00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:23,597 2-0-5. 577 00:28:23,700 --> 00:28:26,930 HE CHECKS THEIR HEADING AND CONFIRMS IT. 578 00:28:27,033 --> 00:28:28,433 10 KNOTS? 579 00:28:28,533 --> 00:28:30,803 THEIR RIVAL IS ON THE MOVE. 580 00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:34,000 YOU THINK IT'S MORE OF A HURRY-UP SPEED? 581 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:37,070 I'D SAY THAT'S AS FAST AS THEY CAN GO. 582 00:28:37,167 --> 00:28:40,497 THE SHIP IS LEAVING THE SITE AT MAXIMUM SPEED, 583 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,130 AND THEY GIVE NO SIGN 584 00:28:42,233 --> 00:28:45,773 OF HAVING DETECTED THE JOHN LETHBRIDGE. 585 00:28:45,867 --> 00:28:47,767 Adams: MAYBE THEY HAD PROBLEMS 586 00:28:47,867 --> 00:28:50,427 AND THEY HAVE TO GO INTO PORT AND WE CAN SWOOP IN 587 00:28:50,533 --> 00:28:54,903 AND GET ON THE SITE AND BE SUCCESSFUL. 588 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,170 Narrator: DAN SEIZES THE OPPORTUNITY. 589 00:28:58,267 --> 00:29:00,727 IF ODYSSEY CAN RETRIEVE AN ARTIFACT FROM THE SITE 590 00:29:00,833 --> 00:29:03,203 AND GET HOME FAST ENOUGH, 591 00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:06,330 THEY CAN BE THE FIRST TO LEGALLY CLAIM THE SHIPWRECK. 592 00:29:06,433 --> 00:29:09,373 SECRECY IS STILL THE NAME OF THE GAME. 593 00:29:09,467 --> 00:29:12,467 THE J.L. KEEPS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF RADAR RANGE 594 00:29:12,567 --> 00:29:16,267 WHILE MIMICKING THE MOVEMENT AND SPEED OF A FISHING TRAWLER. 595 00:29:16,367 --> 00:29:18,067 WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM ANOTHER HOUR 596 00:29:18,167 --> 00:29:19,897 AND GET SOME, YOU KNOW, SEPARATION 597 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,670 AND THEN MAKE A RUN FOR THE SITE. 598 00:29:21,767 --> 00:29:24,527 TRY AND KEEP MY EXCITEMENT UNDER CONTROL, THOUGH, 599 00:29:24,633 --> 00:29:27,033 UNTIL WE'RE ACTUALLY SITTING ON TOP OF IT. 600 00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:31,733 Narrator: AT DAWN'S FIRST LIGHT, THE WAIT IS OVER. 601 00:29:31,833 --> 00:29:34,673 NOW SPEED IS EVERYTHING. 602 00:29:34,767 --> 00:29:37,997 SINCE THEY ONLY HAVE TIME FOR A SINGLE DIVE WITH THEIR ROV, 603 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:41,270 THEY'LL FIRST CAPTURE A SONAR IMAGE OF THE WRECK 604 00:29:41,367 --> 00:29:42,727 TO HELP WITH NAVIGATION. 605 00:29:42,833 --> 00:29:45,503 LACONIA WOULD BE TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS LONG, 606 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,100 SO KNOWING HOW SHE SETTLED TO THE BOTTOM 607 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,670 IS THE KEY TO QUICKLY FINDING ARTIFACTS 608 00:29:50,767 --> 00:29:54,867 THAT CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY AND CLAIM HER. 609 00:29:54,967 --> 00:29:56,467 THE TOWFISH'S SONAR BEAM 610 00:29:56,567 --> 00:30:00,127 WILL PAINT A DETAILED IMAGE OF HOW THIS SHIP LOOKS TODAY. 611 00:30:00,233 --> 00:30:02,103 THE HUGE PASSENGER LINER 612 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,370 COULD TOWER 20 METERS OFF THE SEAFLOOR, 613 00:30:05,467 --> 00:30:08,467 SO DAN IS CAUTIOUS ON THE FIRST PASS. 614 00:30:08,567 --> 00:30:11,427 I WANTED TO PLAY IT SAFE 'CAUSE IT IS SUCH A LARGE WRECK. 615 00:30:11,533 --> 00:30:13,573 I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TANGLED UP IN IT. 616 00:30:13,667 --> 00:30:16,197 Narrator: THEY CAN'T SEE MUCH DETAIL, 617 00:30:16,300 --> 00:30:18,570 BUT IT GIVES DAN A ROUGH OUTLINE 618 00:30:18,667 --> 00:30:20,627 SO HE CAN GET CLOSER NEXT TIME. 619 00:30:20,733 --> 00:30:25,003 WHAT I'LL DO IS OFFSET OUR LINE CLOSER TO THE TARGET NOW, 620 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:27,630 HIT IT AGAIN AT 300 METERS, 621 00:30:27,733 --> 00:30:30,873 AND THEN WE'LL JUST KEEP DIALING IT IN CLOSER AND CLOSER. 622 00:30:30,967 --> 00:30:35,397 THE VERY NEXT PASS REMINDS THEM HOW DANGEROUS THIS WRECK IS. 623 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,230 [BLEEP] 624 00:30:37,333 --> 00:30:40,903 THE SONAR IS SUDDENLY RUNNING TOO CLOSE TO THE DEBRIS. 625 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,700 SO THE CREW HAULS IN THEIR DATA CABLE 626 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,900 AND PRAYS THERE'S NO COLLISION. 627 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,970 NO DAMAGE IS DONE, BUT THE SCANNING IMAGE SHOWS 628 00:30:49,067 --> 00:30:52,227 THAT THEIR GEAR CROSSED DIRECTLY OVER THE WRECKAGE. 629 00:30:52,333 --> 00:30:53,573 IT WAS A NEAR MISS. 630 00:30:53,667 --> 00:30:56,867 I WAS SCARED. [ LAUGHS ] 631 00:30:56,967 --> 00:30:59,297 THAT'S WHY THE CABLE WAS COMING IN FULL BORE. 632 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:04,800 Narrator: THE TEAM MAKES A FEW MORE VERY CAREFUL PASSES, 633 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:06,330 AND IT PAYS OFF. 634 00:31:06,433 --> 00:31:08,103 THEY CAPTURE IMAGES 635 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,900 THAT ARE SHARP ENOUGH TO PLOT A SAFE COURSE FOR THE ROV. 636 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,900 GOT A REALLY GOOD IMAGE OF IT. 637 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,630 WE CAN CLEARLY SEE THE STERN WHERE IT'S BEEN BROKEN APART, 638 00:31:18,733 --> 00:31:20,633 THE DEBRIS TRAIL BEHIND IT. 639 00:31:20,733 --> 00:31:23,433 LOOKS LIKE THE BOW IS PRETTY MUCH INTACT. 640 00:31:23,533 --> 00:31:25,533 YOU KNOW, THIS IS TREMENDOUS. 641 00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:28,073 THIS WILL MAKE OUR DIVE SO MUCH EASIER 642 00:31:28,167 --> 00:31:29,597 'CAUSE WE'LL ACTUALLY -- 643 00:31:29,700 --> 00:31:32,400 IT'S LIKE HAVING A ROADMAP FOR A SHIPWRECK. 644 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:34,330 SOON, THEY'LL GET THEIR CHANCE 645 00:31:34,433 --> 00:31:37,773 TO EXPLORE WHAT MIGHT BE THE LAST REMAINING FRAGMENTS 646 00:31:37,867 --> 00:31:39,797 OF A TRAGIC STORY. 647 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:41,670 THE S.S. LACONIA 648 00:31:41,767 --> 00:31:45,427 WAS THE LUXURIOUS QUEEN OF THE CUNARD PASSENGER FLEET. 649 00:31:45,533 --> 00:31:46,873 BUT IN WORLD WAR I, 650 00:31:46,967 --> 00:31:50,027 SHE WAS CONVERTED TO AN ARMED MERCHANT SHIP. 651 00:31:50,133 --> 00:31:52,473 IT WAS A GERMAN U-BOAT THAT BROUGHT HER DOWN... 652 00:31:53,033 --> 00:31:54,973 ...LAUNCHING TWO TORPEDOES, 653 00:31:55,067 --> 00:31:59,697 ONE OF THEM STRAIGHT INTO HER ENGINE ROOM. 654 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:01,770 MOST OF THE MEN AND WOMEN ON BOARD 655 00:32:01,867 --> 00:32:04,927 WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE SAFELY IN LIFEBOATS. 656 00:32:05,033 --> 00:32:07,303 BUT SADLY, 12 LIVES WERE LOST 657 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,500 WHEN THE LACONIA DISAPPEARED FOREVER, 658 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:15,000 INCLUDING TWO AMERICANS -- A MOTHER AND A DAUGHTER. 659 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:18,970 THEIR DEATHS SPARKED HEADLINES AND LED TO CALLS 660 00:32:19,067 --> 00:32:21,827 FOR THE UNITED STATES TO ENTER THE WAR. 661 00:32:21,933 --> 00:32:24,973 AND THE LOSS IN CARGO WAS STAGGERING -- 662 00:32:25,067 --> 00:32:28,827 33 TONS OF SILVER COINS AND INGOTS. 663 00:32:28,933 --> 00:32:32,873 IT COULD BE WORTH $100 MILLION TODAY. 664 00:32:32,967 --> 00:32:36,867 THE JOHN LETHBRIDGE MOVES INTO POSITION 665 00:32:36,967 --> 00:32:38,397 DIRECTLY OVER THE WRECK SITE. 666 00:32:40,433 --> 00:32:43,033 BUT WILL THE WEATHER HOLD OUT LONG ENOUGH? 667 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:51,300 Narrator: THE ODYSSEY CREW 668 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,970 HAS BEEN WORKING FOR NEARLY 72 HOURS STRAIGHT, 669 00:32:54,067 --> 00:32:56,597 AND THEY'RE RUNNING LOW ON ENERGY. 670 00:32:56,700 --> 00:32:59,530 TEA, THE GREAT BRITISH DRINK. 671 00:32:59,633 --> 00:33:03,273 ARCHAEOLOGISTS RUN ON TEA. 672 00:33:03,367 --> 00:33:05,527 DAN ADAMS BRIEFS THE TIRED TEAM 673 00:33:05,633 --> 00:33:09,503 AND PREPS THEM FOR THEIR ONE AND ONLY SHOT AT THE LACONIA. 674 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,170 PLAN IS TO JUST DIVE DOWN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, 675 00:33:13,267 --> 00:33:15,427 HAVE A LOOK-SEE AROUND, 676 00:33:15,533 --> 00:33:19,103 YOU KNOW, GET AS MANY PICTURES, STILLS AS WE CAN, 677 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:23,600 RECOVER ONE, TWO, OR THREE ITEMS. 678 00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:27,000 Narrator: NEIL'S DONE HIS RESEARCH 679 00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:29,900 AND KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE HE'D LOOK FOR LACONIA'S TREASURE. 680 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,530 Dobson: THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT. THAT'S WHERE THE ACTION'S AT. 681 00:33:32,633 --> 00:33:34,733 THAT'S WHERE ALL THE BLING-BLING IS. 682 00:33:34,833 --> 00:33:36,473 Narrator: THE SILVER CARGO 683 00:33:36,567 --> 00:33:39,627 WOULD HAVE BEEN STOWED IN A SPECIAL STORAGE COMPARTMENT 684 00:33:39,733 --> 00:33:41,833 IN A PARTICULAR PLACE ON THE SHIP. 685 00:33:45,133 --> 00:33:48,533 DESCENDING MORE THAN 1,000 FEET INTO THE DARKNESS, 686 00:33:48,633 --> 00:33:52,373 THEIR ROV ARRIVES ON THE SEAFLOOR. 687 00:33:52,467 --> 00:33:56,397 THEY KNOW THAT MUCH OF THE SHIP'S HULL IS INTACT. 688 00:33:56,500 --> 00:34:00,300 NOW SONAR IMAGING HAS LOCATED A TALL STRUCTURE, 689 00:34:00,467 --> 00:34:04,727 AND THE ROV'S PILOTS BEGIN FLYING TOWARD IT. 690 00:34:04,833 --> 00:34:07,303 THE MISSION AT HAND IS TO FIND AN OBJECT 691 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,100 THAT CAN BE USED IN A SALVAGE CLAIM. 692 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:11,500 IT ISN'T LONG 693 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,000 BEFORE THEY COME ACROSS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS PROMISING. 694 00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:15,500 Stemm: YOU WANT ANOTHER SHOT OF THAT? 695 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:19,170 YEAH, IT'S JUST -- THAT'S QUITE AN EDGE. 696 00:34:19,267 --> 00:34:20,697 IT LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT THERE, 697 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,670 THAT EDGE WOULD HAVE BEEN RUSTED AWAY. 698 00:34:22,767 --> 00:34:25,027 SEE, IT'S GOT THAT CAST ON IT, THAT SHELL CAST, 699 00:34:25,133 --> 00:34:26,733 SO THAT'S SOME SORT OF CERAMIC. 700 00:34:26,833 --> 00:34:29,273 IT'S PROBABLY A CHUNK OF TILE. 701 00:34:29,367 --> 00:34:33,767 LOOKS -- IT COULD BE A PIECE OF FLOOR TILING. 702 00:34:33,867 --> 00:34:37,267 A TILE LIKE THIS MIGHT HAVE COME FROM THE GYMNASIUM 703 00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:39,927 USED BY LACONIA'S FIRST-CLASS PASSENGERS. 704 00:34:40,033 --> 00:34:43,403 THE GYM WAS ON THE "A" DECK -- THE HIGHEST IN THE SHIP. 705 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:47,430 BUT IT'LL TAKE RESEARCH TO KNOW FOR SURE. 706 00:34:47,533 --> 00:34:49,633 UP ON THE J.L.'s BRIDGE, 707 00:34:49,733 --> 00:34:52,803 THE SHIP'S OFFICERS KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THEIR COMPETITION, 708 00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:55,470 WHO COULD RETURN AT ANYTIME. 709 00:34:55,567 --> 00:34:57,267 TO PASS THE HOURS, 710 00:34:57,367 --> 00:34:59,567 THEY WATCH THE VIDEO FEED FROM THE DIVE 711 00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:01,427 AND COME UP WITH THEIR OWN THEORIES. 712 00:35:01,533 --> 00:35:03,103 Man: ANY BETS ON WHAT IT IS? 713 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:04,170 A TOASTED SANDWICH. 714 00:35:04,267 --> 00:35:06,267 CHEESE AND ONION TOASTED SANDWICH. 715 00:35:07,967 --> 00:35:11,197 IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH, 716 00:35:11,300 --> 00:35:13,330 BUT THIS ARTIFACT COULD HELP ODYSSEY 717 00:35:13,433 --> 00:35:15,503 MAKE A LEGAL CLAIM TO THE SHIPWRECK. 718 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,370 IT'S DEFINITELY A TILE. YEAH. 719 00:35:17,467 --> 00:35:20,127 ARE YOU KEEPING THIS ONE, DAN? 720 00:35:20,233 --> 00:35:22,073 WHAT'S THAT? YEAH. 721 00:35:22,167 --> 00:35:24,067 Narrator: IT'S A GOOD FIND, 722 00:35:24,167 --> 00:35:26,697 BUT THEY'RE NOT DONE HUNTING FOR CLUES. 723 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:28,230 WHAT THEY REALLY WANT 724 00:35:28,333 --> 00:35:31,333 IS AN OBJECT DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE LACONIA. 725 00:35:31,433 --> 00:35:34,633 NOW THEY BEGIN FOLLOWING 726 00:35:34,733 --> 00:35:37,773 THE DEBRIS TRAIL TOWARD THE SHIP'S HULL. 727 00:35:37,867 --> 00:35:39,767 AND NEIL IS ANXIOUS 728 00:35:39,867 --> 00:35:42,227 TO FINALLY LAY EYES ON THEIR TARGET. 729 00:35:42,333 --> 00:35:46,003 I WANT TO SEE THE WRECK, YOU KNOW, NOT THE DEBRIS FIELD. 730 00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:48,200 Narrator: THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE ARTIFACT IN HAND, 731 00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:51,330 AND DAN THINKS THEIR CHANCES OF BEATING THE COMPETITION 732 00:35:51,433 --> 00:35:52,733 ARE LOOKING GOOD. 733 00:35:52,833 --> 00:35:56,133 I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE AT THE SITE RIGHT NOW, 734 00:35:56,233 --> 00:35:58,403 AND WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ADVANTAGE. 735 00:35:58,500 --> 00:36:02,200 I THINK WE'RE PRETTY EXPERIENCED WITH THE WHOLE ARREST PROCESS, 736 00:36:02,300 --> 00:36:03,370 AS WELL, SO... 737 00:36:03,467 --> 00:36:06,727 AREN'T WE, NEIL? 738 00:36:06,833 --> 00:36:08,403 NO COMMENT. 739 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:10,400 [ LAUGHS ] 740 00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:14,470 NOT ONLY ARE THEY PRACTICED AT MAKING ARREST CLAIMS, 741 00:36:14,567 --> 00:36:18,297 THEY'RE ALSO ONE OF THE FEW TEAMS 742 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,300 TO HAVE LIFTED A HUGE HOARD OF SILVER FROM THE SEAFLOOR. 743 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,200 Money: THERE'S THOUSANDS OF THEM. 744 00:36:23,300 --> 00:36:25,230 IN 2007, 745 00:36:25,333 --> 00:36:30,273 ODYSSEY RECOVERED THE 17-TON BLACK SWAN TREASURE... 746 00:36:30,367 --> 00:36:33,197 OH, MY GOSH. THERE'S EVEN MORE. 747 00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:35,800 ...A ROUND-THE-CLOCK RETRIEVAL OPERATION 748 00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:38,300 THAT TOOK 6 WEEKS AND TESTED THE ENDURANCE 749 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,700 OF ODYSSEY'S EQUIPMENT AND CREW. 750 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,870 IT WAS A MASSIVE HAUL. 751 00:36:43,967 --> 00:36:47,127 BUT LACONIA CARRIED EVEN MORE SILVER THAN THAT. 752 00:36:47,233 --> 00:36:49,203 IF FOUND, 753 00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:51,970 IT WOULD BE THE LARGEST CACHE OF SILVER COINS AND BULLION 754 00:36:52,067 --> 00:36:53,627 EVER DISCOVERED. 755 00:36:53,733 --> 00:36:57,633 NOW A NEW OBJECT HAS THE CREW'S ATTENTION. 756 00:36:57,733 --> 00:37:02,403 YOU WANT ME TO TURN IT AROUND, SEE IF IT'S A HIGH HEEL? 757 00:37:05,067 --> 00:37:06,967 IT IS A HIGH HEEL. 758 00:37:07,067 --> 00:37:10,967 THIS WOMAN'S SHOE IS A GRIM REMINDER 759 00:37:11,067 --> 00:37:14,597 THAT SHIPWRECKS ARE ALSO STORIES OF PERSONAL DISASTER. 760 00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:17,370 Dobson: YEAH, IT WAS A PASSENGER SHIP. 761 00:37:17,467 --> 00:37:19,597 THERE WAS QUITE A FEW WOMEN ON BOARD. 762 00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:23,130 IN FACT, THE MINISTERS ON BOARD 763 00:37:23,233 --> 00:37:26,633 REMARKED ABOUT ONE PASSENGER, MRS. HOY, 764 00:37:26,733 --> 00:37:28,503 DIED IN THE ARMS OF HER DAUGHTER. 765 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,870 AND HER BODY SLIPPED OFF INTO THE SEA, 766 00:37:30,967 --> 00:37:33,367 SO THIS COULD BE HER SHOES. 767 00:37:33,467 --> 00:37:36,527 Narrator: MARY HOY AND HER DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH, 768 00:37:36,633 --> 00:37:40,233 WERE AMERICAN CITIZENS WHOSE DEATHS OUTRAGED THE NATION. 769 00:37:40,333 --> 00:37:41,773 COULD THIS SHOE HAVE BELONGED TO ONE OF THEM? 770 00:37:41,867 --> 00:37:43,767 NEIL MAY NEVER KNOW. 771 00:37:43,867 --> 00:37:45,227 BUT IT'S A VERY REAL CONNECTION 772 00:37:45,333 --> 00:37:48,473 TO THE HUMAN LOSS ON THE ON THIS WRECK. 773 00:37:48,567 --> 00:37:51,367 ALL THAT'S LEFT OF IT IS THE LEATHER SOLE. 774 00:37:51,467 --> 00:37:54,467 IT'S THE THICKEST, MOST DURABLE PART OF A SHOE 775 00:37:54,567 --> 00:37:57,167 AND OFTEN THE LAST TO DECAY UNDERWATER. 776 00:37:57,267 --> 00:38:00,227 THEY NOW HAVE TWO SOLID OBJECTS FROM THE SITE 777 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,630 THAT THEY CAN USE IN COURT TO CLAIM THE SHIPWRECK. 778 00:38:03,733 --> 00:38:05,333 Adams: NICE WORK. 779 00:38:05,433 --> 00:38:07,573 TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, 780 00:38:07,667 --> 00:38:11,827 AND NOW THEY NEED TO RETRIEVE THE ROV AND RACE BACK TO PORT. 781 00:38:11,933 --> 00:38:13,173 Holmwood: BRIDGE, ROV. 782 00:38:13,267 --> 00:38:17,267 THAT'S US HEADING BACK TO THE TMS TO START RECOVERY. 783 00:38:17,367 --> 00:38:19,727 Narrator: ODYSSEY'S COMPETITOR 784 00:38:19,833 --> 00:38:22,603 LEFT THE WRECK SITE ALMOST 12 HOURS AGO. 785 00:38:22,700 --> 00:38:24,330 IF THEY HAVE AN ARTIFACT, 786 00:38:24,433 --> 00:38:29,373 THE J.L. HAS TO PLAY CATCH-UP IN THE RACE TO COURT. 787 00:38:29,467 --> 00:38:32,767 BUT SUDDENLY, THE ROV IS ON A COLLISION COURSE 788 00:38:32,867 --> 00:38:34,727 WITH THE HULL OF THE WRECK. 789 00:38:34,833 --> 00:38:36,233 HAUL IN. WATCH. WATCH OUT. 790 00:38:36,333 --> 00:38:39,203 HAUL IN, HAUL IN, HAUL IN. [BLEEP] 791 00:38:43,367 --> 00:38:46,227 Narrator: ODYSSEY HAS JUST COMPLETED THEIR DIVE 792 00:38:46,333 --> 00:38:49,503 ON WHAT THEY HOPE IS THE LACONIA, BUT NOW THEIR ROV 793 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:52,530 IS ABOUT TO BE SWEPT DIRECTLY INTO THE WRECKAGE. 794 00:38:52,633 --> 00:38:54,033 HAUL IN. WATCH. WATCH OUT. 795 00:38:54,133 --> 00:38:56,503 HAUL IN, HAUL IN, HAUL IN. [BLEEP] 796 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:00,630 I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY WE FOUND THE HULL OF THE SHIP. 797 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,700 Narrator: THROUGH THE DARKNESS, 798 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,530 THE CAMERA SHOWS JAGGED METAL DIRECTLY AHEAD. 799 00:39:07,633 --> 00:39:11,573 BACK OFF OF THAT. HAUL IN AND BACK OFF. 800 00:39:14,433 --> 00:39:17,873 ROV PILOTS QUICKLY HAUL IN THE ROBOT'S TETHER, 801 00:39:17,967 --> 00:39:22,267 FORCING IT BACK INTO ITS CAGE AND OUT OF DANGER. 802 00:39:22,367 --> 00:39:25,227 Adams: YOU HAVE TO BE QUICK WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN 803 00:39:25,333 --> 00:39:27,273 OR YOU END UP LOSING THE VEHICLE. 804 00:39:27,367 --> 00:39:29,427 Narrator: IN THE MIDST OF THE CHAOS, 805 00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:31,533 THEY MANAGED TO CAPTURE 806 00:39:31,633 --> 00:39:35,033 A SINGLE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SHIP'S SUPERSTRUCTURE -- 807 00:39:35,133 --> 00:39:36,903 A GLIMPSE OF THE PORTHOLES. 808 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:41,600 IT'S THE LAST THEY'LL SEE OF THE GREAT WRECK ON THIS TRIP. 809 00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:46,800 NOW THEIR ROV ARRIVES SAFELY ON THE SURFACE 810 00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:48,730 WITH ARTIFACTS IN HAND. 811 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,700 Dobson: WELL, JUST THAT IT'S GOT THE NAIL -- 812 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,430 THE TACKS HAVE GONE. 813 00:39:54,533 --> 00:39:56,503 I'M SURE FROM THIS WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT 814 00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:57,630 WHAT KIND OF SHOE IT WAS 815 00:39:57,733 --> 00:39:59,673 OR WHETHER IT WAS PART OF A BOOT, YOU KNOW? 816 00:39:59,767 --> 00:40:03,227 Narrator: NEIL HAS PLENTY OF ARCHAEOLOGY TO DO. 817 00:40:03,333 --> 00:40:06,903 BUT FIRST, ODYSSEY HAS A RACE TO WIN. 818 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,870 IN ORDER TO ARREST THE LACONIA SHIPWRECK, 819 00:40:09,967 --> 00:40:13,067 THEY NEED TO HAND-DELIVER SMALL SAMPLES OF THEIR FINDS 820 00:40:13,167 --> 00:40:15,767 TO A COURT IN THE UNITED STATES. 821 00:40:15,867 --> 00:40:18,767 AND THEY NEED TO GET THERE BEFORE THE COMPETITION. 822 00:40:18,867 --> 00:40:21,367 Adams: WE'RE IN DINGLE BAY OFF THE WEST COAST OF IRELAND, 823 00:40:21,467 --> 00:40:25,027 AND WE'RE DROPPING ONE OF OUR CREW MEMBERS, SCOTT, OFF 824 00:40:25,133 --> 00:40:27,303 SO HE CAN FLY BACK TO THE U.S. 825 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:32,430 Narrator: THIS IS THE FASTEST WAY TO GET THE WRECK DATA BACK HOME. 826 00:40:32,533 --> 00:40:34,133 A FISHING BOAT COMES OUT 827 00:40:34,233 --> 00:40:37,033 TO TRANSPORT SCOTT STEMM TO THE MAINLAND. 828 00:40:37,133 --> 00:40:39,273 FROM THERE, IT'S BACK TO THE U.S. 829 00:40:39,367 --> 00:40:41,527 SEE YOU LATER. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. 830 00:40:41,633 --> 00:40:44,873 LOOK BEHIND YOU AS YOU'RE GOING DOWN, EH? 831 00:40:44,967 --> 00:40:47,567 Narrator: AS SCOTT HEADS OFF TO SEAL THE DEAL, 832 00:40:47,667 --> 00:40:51,167 CONGRATULATIONS ARE ALREADY POURING IN FROM HEADQUARTERS. 833 00:40:51,267 --> 00:40:54,097 YEAH, I MEAN, FROM THE AMOUNT OF E-MAILS -- 834 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,330 IN FACT, MY E-MAIL IN-BOX IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE -- 835 00:40:57,433 --> 00:40:59,373 I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITED. 836 00:40:59,467 --> 00:41:03,697 Narrator: WITHIN DAYS, ODYSSEY BECOMES THE FIRST TEAM 837 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:05,300 TO LAY LEGAL CLAIM 838 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,300 TO THE WRECK THEY BELIEVE IS THE S.S. LACONIA. 839 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:12,770 ON THE OCEAN BOTTOM COULD BE 33 TONS OF PURE SILVER 840 00:41:12,867 --> 00:41:16,127 WAITING TO BE LOCATED AND RECOVERED. 841 00:41:16,233 --> 00:41:19,303 DAN'S RUN OF BAD LUCK IS DEFINITELY OVER. 842 00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,970 AND IN THE END, HE ALSO BROUGHT UP SOME HISTORY. 843 00:41:23,067 --> 00:41:26,667 IT'LL BE NEIL'S JOB TO BRING AS MUCH OF THAT HISTORY TO LIGHT 844 00:41:26,767 --> 00:41:28,927 AS POSSIBLE. 845 00:41:29,033 --> 00:41:32,033 IT'S ARCH TIME ON THE LETHBRIDGE! 846 00:41:32,133 --> 00:41:35,803 LET'S SEE WHAT'S IN THE BLUE BUCKET TODAY! 847 00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:39,300 Narrator: THIS TILE IS ACTUALLY MADE OF CONCRETE, 848 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:43,270 SO IT PROBABLY ISN'T FROM THE SHIP'S GYMNASIUM AFTER ALL. 849 00:41:43,367 --> 00:41:44,767 Dobson: THE RED PAINT'S FADING ALREADY. 850 00:41:44,867 --> 00:41:46,167 WHEN I CAME OUT HERE, 851 00:41:46,267 --> 00:41:51,327 I DIDN'T THINK I'D BE DOING AS MUCH ARCHEOLOGY AS THIS. 852 00:41:51,433 --> 00:41:53,333 Narrator: IT'S GOING TO NEED MORE STUDY. 853 00:41:53,433 --> 00:41:58,703 BUT THE MOST DIAGNOSTIC ARTIFACT FROM THE WRECK SITE IS THE SHOE. 854 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:03,300 WE'VE GOT A FEMALE SHOE HERE. 855 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,530 CIRCA 1917, OF COURSE. 856 00:42:06,633 --> 00:42:13,003 AND THAT'S THE INSIDE, SO I WOULD SAY IT'S A LEFT SHOE. 857 00:42:13,100 --> 00:42:14,430 Narrator: THROUGH RESEARCH, 858 00:42:14,533 --> 00:42:17,733 NEIL HOPES TO LEARN EXACTLY WHO IT ONCE BELONGED TO. 859 00:42:17,833 --> 00:42:21,433 Dobson: WE'RE GONNA SOLVE A MYSTERY TODAY! 860 00:42:21,533 --> 00:42:23,933 I'VE GOT A NAME ON IT. 861 00:42:24,033 --> 00:42:28,633 Narrator: THERE WERE TWO DOZEN FEMALE PASSENGERS ABOARD LACONIA. 862 00:42:28,733 --> 00:42:32,403 ELIZABETH AND MARY HOY, AN AMERICAN MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, 863 00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:35,170 WERE THE ONLY ONES TO LOSE THEIR LIVES. 864 00:42:35,267 --> 00:42:38,927 THE SHAPE OF THIS SHOE'S SOLE IS AN IMPORTANT FORENSIC DETAIL. 865 00:42:39,033 --> 00:42:41,873 IT'S A TYPE THAT WAS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES 866 00:42:41,967 --> 00:42:43,697 DURING THE EARLY 1900'S. 867 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:47,700 IT'S OWNER WAS PROBABLY AN AMERICAN. 868 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:51,930 BUT AFTER CONSULTING WITH EXPERTS ON THE MAINLAND, 869 00:42:52,033 --> 00:42:55,233 NEIL FINDS THAT THE LETTERS IMPRINTED DIRECTLY ON THE SOLE 870 00:42:55,333 --> 00:42:57,233 ARE INCONCLUSIVE. 871 00:42:57,333 --> 00:43:02,873 ITS OWNER'S IDENTITY CAN'T YET BE PROVEN DEFINITIVELY. 872 00:43:02,967 --> 00:43:05,867 ODYSSEY'S WORK WILL CONTINUE, BUT THE CLAIMING 873 00:43:05,967 --> 00:43:08,727 OF TWO POTENTIALLY VERY VALUABLE SHIPWRECKS 874 00:43:08,833 --> 00:43:11,603 MARKS A SUCCESSFUL END TO THEIR SEASON AT SEA. 875 00:43:11,700 --> 00:43:13,170 DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, 876 00:43:13,267 --> 00:43:16,097 THEY'LL PLAN FOR NEXT SUMMER'S SEARCH SEASON 877 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:18,270 AND PREPARE FOR A RETURN 878 00:43:18,367 --> 00:43:21,327 WITH EQUIPMENT SUITED FOR A HEAVY RECOVERY OPERATION. 879 00:43:22,900 --> 00:43:24,570 THERE WILL BE OTHER WRECKS 880 00:43:24,667 --> 00:43:28,027 TO DISCOVER, DIVE, AND EXPLORE... 881 00:43:28,133 --> 00:43:32,603 MORE TREASURE TO FIND... 882 00:43:32,700 --> 00:43:35,230 AND MORE HISTORY TO MAKE. 883 00:43:35,333 --> 00:43:37,233 Peterson: OKAY JOSE, LETS GO TO WATER. 884 00:43:37,333 --> 00:43:39,003 Jose: Roger.