National Geographic: Lost Ships of the Mediterranean Page #2
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stone by stone, not in one shot!
And each one of these are
literally a time capsule.
They went down in one moment,
like that,
and everything they were carrying on
it at that one time
went down together,
and that tells us a story.
To reach the coordinates provided
by the Navy will take about five days.
This is the calm before the storm.
We are very relaxed now,
which is great.
People are charging their batteries,
getting sleep,
we just did the testing of the ship.
Everything's proceeding smoothly.
But once we get on site it'll kick in
to around the clock.
And you will see people break up
into three watches,
and there will always be a team
at work 24 hours a day.
Susan and Michael have the
most difficult schedule in some ways
because they work
from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
and then from
they have to sleep
and that's a tough time
to go to sleep
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
But the reason they have to do
that is because at 12 midnight
they have to get back up
and work the 12 midnight
to 4 a.m. shift.
And go to the van.
Exactly.
And that's where everything
is happening?
Well it sounds like,
from what they said,
that the midnight to 4 a.m. shift
actually is a time
when a lot of things do happen.
On the Northern Horizon, 'navigation'
involves a Global Positioning System
and computer-controlled propulsion.
a sea captain had to rely on
somewhat 'higher' powers.
The very heavens were his guide.
committing constellations to memory,
observing the shifting angle
of the sun.
The special temper of each wind,
and the season of its coming.
The powerful currents
hidden beneath the waves.
All these may have been
the secrets of his trade.
Surely he watched for seabirds,
heralds of an approaching shore,
and for landmarks familiar
as a friendly face.
But the nearness of land
was not necessarily a comfort,
and he likely kept his ship
at quite a distance.
Well, generally the common wisdom
has it that,
for safety, the ancient mariners
hugged the coast.
the last thing an ancient mariner
ever wanted to see during a storm
was a quickly approaching the shore.
Plus there was piracy.
Piracy wasn't the type
that you see in the movies,
in the Caribbean where you're just
sailing around in the middle of nowhere
and suddenly another ship comes out.
Rather, they would watch from shore.
So you don't want to stay
too close to shore,
and if somebody comes out to attack,
you want to have that leeway
to get out of the way.
It's Day Five and nearly midnight when
the Northern Horizon arrives on site.
The coordinates provided by
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