National Geographic: Treasures of the Deep Page #2
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refueled for 20 years.
Even now, its sonar equipment
is still classified,
so sophisticated NR-1 can find a soda
can sitting on the seafloor a mile away
The NR-1 is a marvel,
but it's a cramped one.
The 11-man crew shares one bolted-down
kitchen table
just big enough for two people at a time.
For this mission,
Ballard has added something brand new
to the sub's digging arm
that will dredge the ocean bottom.
Ballard believes the seafloor
is sandy and soft,
ready to reveal whatever
secrets lie hidden underneath.
What is actually down there?
Will Ballard find the timbers
of an ancient Roman trading ship,
and the bones of the men
who sailed it 2,000 years ago?
Sunken treasure.
It has drawn people into the seas
since the first cargo ship apart
Relics, gold, gems, pieces of eight
it is the stuff that countless dreams
and schemes are made of.
Obsessed with the promise of riches,
undersea treasure hunters today
scour the world's oceans,
crowding serious archeologists.
The king of the undersea dreamers
and schemers
is a stubborn rebel name Mel Fisher.
In his quest for treasure,
Fisher let nothing stand in his way,
and came to be known as a swashbuckler
a very successful swashbuckler.
In 1997, family and friends joined
with fisher
to mark the spot where
he struck gold nearly 25 years earlier
was rather appropriate.
It's Mel Fisher's 75th birthday.
Here, here.
Long live the king. Long live the king
But the plaque and let me
unveil it here take it off.
You notice we have a picture
of the Atocha, and it reads:
In sincere appreciation to Mel
and Deo Fisher
in their extraordinary efforts
in accomplishing
mankind's most elusive goal.
In the 1960s,
Mel fisher is a man with a mad dream.
Often short of money and deep in dept,
he hunts the shallow waters off coast
for treasure.
He is determined to find
the shipwreck called the Atocha,
a Spanish galleon that had sunk
in 1622 in a hurricane,
reportedly carrying king's ransom
in sliver and gold.
Year after year, with the help
of his wife and children,
Until 1975, when his son, Dirk,
finds the first real evidence
of the ship nine bronze cannons.
Just a week later,
while returning to the site
of his triumph,
Dirk Fisher's boat capsizes
in the dark of night.
Dirk, his wife,
and another diver die tragically.
Fisher is devastated.
But he vows to continue
and to honor his son's memory.
But she continues to elude Fisher,
to tease him for over a decade.
Then in 1985, in 60 feet of water,
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