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.

But a few thousand years ago,

a sea captain had to rely on

somewhat 'higher' powers.

The very heavens were his guide.

He probably spent a lifetime

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.

But when you think about it,

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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