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[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Wade: CAN AN INCREDIBLE
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UNDERWATER DISCOVERY
IN THE ARCTIC
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TELL US WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
ILL-FATED FRANKLIN EXPEDITION?
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Potter:
YOU FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY
OR SOMETHING
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IS OVER YOUR SHOULDER.
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Polakowski:
WHO KNOWS WHAT WE'RE
GONNA FIND INSIDE?
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WHAT IS THE SECRET
BEHIND THE MYSTERY CRAFT
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SPEEDING TOWARDS
THE U.S. COAST?
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AND IS THERE A NEW KILLER
LURKING IN THE DEPTHS?
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IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT YOU CAN HEAR.
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IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT
YOU CAN SEE.
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IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT YOU CAN SMELL.
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JUST LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.
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I'M NOT GETTING
IN THE WATER."
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[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
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THE UNDERWATER REALM
IS ANOTHER DIMENSION.
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IT'S A PHYSICALLY
HOSTILE PLACE,
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WHERE DREAMS OF PROMISE
CAN SINK INTO DARKNESS.
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I'M JEREMY WADE.
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I'M SEARCHING THE WORLD
TO BRING YOU THE MOST ICONIC
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AND BAFFLING UNDERWATER
MYSTERIES KNOWN TO SCIENCE.
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SHIPWRECKS CAN'T
JUST DISAPPEAR.
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OR CAN THEY?
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Wade: IT'S A DANGEROUS,
UNEXPLORED FRONTIER
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THAT SWALLOWS EVIDENCE...
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WE KNOW MORE
ABOUT THE FACE OF MARS
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THAN WE DO
OUR DEEPEST OCEANS.
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Wade:
...WHERE UNKNOWN IS NORMAL,
AND UNDERSTANDING IS RARE.
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[ SONAR PINGING ]
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
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♪♪
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IN MY YEARS OF INVESTIGATING
UNDERWATER MYSTERIES,
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I'VE BEEN TO SOME
PRETTY HOSTILE PLACES
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AND THE FROZEN WATERS
OF THE ARCTIC
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ARE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST
I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED.
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IT'S A PLACE WHERE THE MIND
CAN PLAY TRICKS ON YOU.
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NOW, REPORTS ARE SURFACING
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OF LOCALS CLAIMING TO HAVE
SEEN GHOSTS FROM THE DEEP.
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COULD A DRAMATIC NEW DISCOVERY
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SOLVE ONE OF THE GREATEST
ARCTIC MYSTERIES OF ALL TIME?
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♪♪
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2014.
THE CANADIAN ARCTIC.
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A TEAM OF MARINE ARCHEOLOGISTS
FIND A WARSHIP
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RESTING ON THE SEA FLOOR
OF KING WILLIAM ISLAND.
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Potter:
FINDING IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
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YOU COULD SEE
THIS GHOSTLY SHIP.
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Wade:
THEN, A SECOND SHIP
IS LOCATED.
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IT'S AS IF THE CREW
HAS JUST STEPPED OUT.
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YOU COULD SEE SHELLS INSIDE
AND THINGS STILL STACKED UP.
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IT'S VERY EXCITING,
BUT IT'S ALSO A BIT UNNERVING.
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Wade:
THESE ARE NO
ORDINARY SHIPWRECKS.
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THEY ALL THE HMS EREBUS
AND HMS TERROR,
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TWO SHIPS FROM THE ILL-FATED
FRANKLIN EXPEDITION.
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THEY'VE BEEN MISSING
FOR OVER 170 YEARS.
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THEY WERE NOT WHERE ANYBODY
EXPECTED THEM TO BE.
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Wade:
FINDING THE SHIPS
IS A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.
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BUT WHAT HAPPENED
TO THEIR MISSING CREW?
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OUT OF THE 129 CREW MEMBERS
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THAT SET OUT ON THE
FRANKLIN EXPEDITION,
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NO ONE CAME BACK.
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♪♪
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Wade:
WHEN THE EXPEDITION
SETS OUT IN 1845,
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EXPECTATIONS ARE HUGE.
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SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
AND HIS CREW
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ARE ON A MISSION
THROUGH UNCHARTED ARCTIC WATERS
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TO FIND A NAVIGABLE PASSAGE
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BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC
AND THE PACIFIC.
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♪♪
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THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
IS A KIND OF A SHORTCUT,
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THE HOLY GRAIL OF ITS TIME,
IN TERMS OF EXPLORATION.
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IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE
SPACE RACE OF THE 1960s --
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WHICH NATION WILL HAVE
PRIDE OF PLACE?
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Wade:
FRANKLIN IS ONE
OF THE MOST CELEBRATED
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NAVAL COMMANDERS OF THE DAY.
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SIR JOHN FRANKLIN --
HE WAS AN HONORED NAVAL VETERAN.
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HE HAD FOUGHT
WITH NELSON AT TRAFALGAR.
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HE'S REFERRED TO AS KING ARTHUR
IN THE BRITISH PRESS.
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THAT'S THE KIND
OF REPUTATION HE HAD.
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Wade:
FRANKLIN'S TEAM
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HAS THE MOST ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE.
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THEY HAD ENOUGH PROVISIONS
TO SURVIVE
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A VERY LONG TIME OUT AT SEA
WITHOUT RESUPPLYING.
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THEY ACTUALLY EVEN HAD
HEATING SYSTEMS WITHIN THE SHIP
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TO KEEP THE CREW
AND THE BOAT INSIDE
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WARM ENOUGH DURING THE
EXPECTED ARCTIC WINTERS.
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IT WAS A VERY
WELL-EQUIPPED EXPEDITION,
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WITH VERY EXPERIENCED MEN,
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SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM
TO EXPECT TO FAIL.
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Wade:
BUT THEY DO FAIL.
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AND, FOR ALMOST TWO CENTURIES,
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THE FATE OF THE EXPEDITION
HAS REMAINED A FAMOUS MYSTERY.
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THE ARCTIC WATERS HAVE REVEALED
VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE
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OF WHAT HAPPENED.
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IN 1850, ANOTHER EXPEDITION
IS SENT TO FIND THEM.
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Potter:
THEY LOCATED FRANKLIN'S
FIRST WINTER CAMP
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AND, A FEW DAYS LATER,
WALKING ALONG THE BEACH,
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THEY SAW THREE GRAVES
OF FRANKLIN'S SAILORS.
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Wade:
FRANKLIN'S CREW WERE NOT
ALONE ON THE ICE.
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THE CANADIAN ARCTIC IS HOME
TO THE NETSILIK INUIT.
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A GROUP OF INUIT
ARE LATER FOUND
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WITH ITEMS BELONGING
TO THE CREW.
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SPOONS; KNIVES; FORKS;
BROKEN CHRONOMETERS;
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FRANKLIN'S MEDAL
OF KNIGHTHOOD ITSELF,
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WHICH IS SEEN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS
BEFORE HE SAILED.
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IT'S NOT SOMETHING
YOU WOULD JUST GIVE
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TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE AS A GIFT.
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Wade:
THEN, 14 YEARS AFTER THE
EXPEDITION SET OFF,
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THERE'S A BREAKTHROUGH.
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AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
IS FOUND,
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WITH A HANDWRITTEN EXPLANATION
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OF HOW THE SHIPS BECAME LOCKED
IN THE FROZEN WATERS
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FOR 19 MONTHS.
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IT INDICATED THAT THEY HAD
ABANDONED THE SHIPS,
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THERE WERE 105 SURVIVORS,
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THAT FRANKLIN HIMSELF
HAD DIED THE SUMMER BEFORE.
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Wade:
WITH FRANKLIN DEAD,
ON APRIL 22, 1848,
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THE CREW ABANDONED THEIR SHIPS
AND SET OUT ON FOOT.
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WHY DID THEY DECIDE TO LEAVE
THE SHIPS WHEN THEY DID?
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TO LEAVE THE ONE SPOT
THAT YOU KNOW THAT IS WARM,
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THAT HAS FOOD AND SHELTER,
TO SET OUT ON THE ICE,
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YOU HAVE TO BE
EXTREMELY DESPERATE.
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OR MAYBE EVEN
A LITTLE BIT CRAZY.
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Wade:
105 MEN LEAVE THE SHIPS.
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NONE ARE KNOWN
TO HAVE SURVIVED
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AND FEWER THAN 40 SKELETONS
HAVE EVER BEEN FOUND.
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OVER THE YEARS,
THERE HAVE BEEN
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MANY DIFFERENT THEORIES
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
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SCURVY, OF COURSE,
WOULD'VE BEEN A FACTOR.
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THE INUIT ENCOUNTERED THEM.
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THEY TALKED ABOUT MEN
WITH BLACK GUMS,
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FROM FROSTBITE AND SCURVY,
PROBABLY.
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YOU START OUT WITH SCURVY.
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THEN, YOU'VE GOT
TUBERCULOSIS.
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THESE ARE THE TWO
BIG KILLERS OF THE ERA.
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Wade:
THE EXTREME CONDITIONS
WOULD HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY TOUGH
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AND LONG PERIODS TRAPPED
IN THE ARCTIC SEA
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CAN ALSO CAUSE
SOMETHING PSYCHOLOGICAL
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CALLED WINTER-OVER SYNDROME.
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Ellio
JUST NOTHING BUT ICE,
NOTHING BUT SNOW.
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FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS,
YOU CAN SEE NOTHING.
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YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING OFF AROUND YOU.
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YOU BECOME VERY ISOLATED.
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YOU BECOME
VERY DISORIENTATED
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AND YOU START BEHAVING
IN A VERY BIZARRE WAY.
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Wade:
THIS COULD EXPLAIN
ONE MYSTERIOUS ACCOUNT.
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AN INTUIT GROUP REPORT TRYING
TO HELP SOME OF THE CREW
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BY BUILDING AN IGLOO
AND SUPPLYING SEAL MEAT.
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BUT, LATER, THEY FIND
THE IGLOO ABANDONED
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AND THE MEAT UNTOUCHED.
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THE INUIT TRIBES OUT THERE
WERE EQUIPPED
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TO SURVIVE IN THESE KIND
OF CONDITIONS.
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THEY OFFERED HELP AND THE CREW
REJECTED IT COMPLETELY,
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WHICH IS QUITE STRANGE,
WHEN YOU'RE SO DESPERATE.
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Wade:
THAT THEY WOULD REJECT FOOD
IS EVEN MORE SURPRISING,
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IN THE LIGHT OF A TROUBLING
STORY THAT EMERGES,
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SUGGESTING THAT THE CREW
TURN ON EACH OTHER
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IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.
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THE INUIT ACCOUNTS OF BONES
THAT HAD BEEN SAWED
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OR BROKEN OPEN
TO GET AT THE MARROW.
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SIMILARLY, SKULLS
THAT HAD BEEN BROKEN OPEN.
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THERE IS HARD ARCHEOLOGICAL
EVIDENCE OF CANNIBALISM.
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WHEN THEY STARTED ANALYZING
THESE BONES,
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THEY HAD CUT MARKS.
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NOT SCRATCHES FROM WOUNDS,
BUT BUTCHERING MARKS.
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THAT INDICATES
THAT THERE COULD BE
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SOME KIND OF CANNIBALISM
TAKING PLACE.
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Wade:
WHAT WOULD'VE CAUSED
THIS WELL-SUPPLIED CREW
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TO RESORT TO CANNIBALISM?
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♪♪
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FOR ALMOST 200 YEARS,
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ANY EVIDENCE DISCOVERED
ABOUT THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION
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HAS RAISED MORE QUESTIONS
THAN ANSWERS.
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CAN WE USE NEW SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS
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TO HELP US ANSWER
THAT QUESTION?
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Wade:
BODIES FROM THE THREE GRAVES
FOUND AT THE FIRST WINTER CAMP
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ARE EXHUMED.
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THEY ARE EERILY
WELL-PRESERVED BY THE ICE
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AND ANALYSIS REVEALS
SOMETHING UNUSUAL.
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THEY WERE SUBJECTED TO ON-SITE
AUTOPSIES, X-RAYS,
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CHEMICAL TESTS,
AND SO FORTH,
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AND A CONCLUSION WAS
THAT LEAD MIGHT, IN FACT,
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HAVE BEEN THE OVERALL CULPRIT
OF THE EXPEDITION.
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Wade:
LEAD POISONING IN THE MIDDLE
OF AN ARCTIC WILDERNESS
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SOUNDS UNLIKELY,
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BUT COULD IT HAVE COME
FROM SOMETHING ON THEIR SHIPS?
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ONE OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES
THE EXPEDITION CARRIED
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WAS TINNED FOOD.
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OVER 8,000 CANS OF IT.
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WE KNEW THAT THE SHIPS
WERE SUPPLIED WITH TINNED FOOD
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AND IT WAS SHOWN ALSO
THAT THE TINNED FOOD
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WAS PREPARED
IN A GREAT HURRY.
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AND TINS HAD A VERY THICK
LAYER OF LEAD INSIDE.
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THEY WOULD USE LEAD
TO SEAL THE TOPS.
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HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF LEAD
CAN BE DEADLY.
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IT CAN LEAD TO A DEBILITATING
MENTAL STATE.
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IT DECREASES
BRAIN FUNCTIONALITY.
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Wade:
LEAD POISONING SEEMS
TO STACK UP,
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BUT THE EVIDENCE
IS NOT CONCLUSIVE.
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♪♪
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COULD AN INNOVATIVE TYPE
OF X-RAY TECHNOLOGY
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TELL US MORE?
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X-RAY FLUOROSCOPY
SHOOTS X-RAYS AT THINGS
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AND LOOKS
AT THEIR FLUORESCENCE.
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THIS ALLOWS SCIENTISTS
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TO LOOK AT THE MICRO STRUCTURE
OF THE SKELETAL REMAINS.
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WE'RE TRYING TO JUST REALLY
GET A MUCH MORE DETAILED MAP
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OF LEAD IN THE BONE
AND THAT'S THE TECHNOLOGY
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THAT HAS GIVEN US THAT
HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE.
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Wade:
UNLIKE A CONVENTIONAL X-RAY,
FLUOROSCOPY CAN TELL US
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HOW MUCH LAND IS IN THE BONES
ANDEXACTLY WHEN IT GOT THERE.
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CAN SEPARATE NEW GROWTH
FROM OLD GROWTH.
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WE CAN COLOR-CODE THAT GROWTH
BY LEAD LEVELS
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AND WE CAN SEE WHAT'S THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE NEW GROWTH,
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AS OPPOSED TO THE OLD GROWTH
WITHIN THE BONE.
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Wade:
HIGH LEAD LEVELS IN NEW BONE
WOULD MEAN
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THE MEN WERE EXPOSED TO IT
JUST BEFORE THEY DIED.
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COULD THIS FINALLY
SOLVE A MYSTERY
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THAT'S REMAIN TRAPPED IN THESE
FROZEN WATERS FOR CENTURIES?
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[ SONAR PINGING ]
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[ SONAR PINGING ]
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THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION IS ONE
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OF THE MOST BAFFLING MYSTERIES
I'VE EVER COME ACROSS.
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129 EXPERIENCED MEN ARMED
WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY
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AND THREE YEARS WORTH OF FOOD
SET OUT ACROSS THE ARCTIC SEA
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TO DISCOVER THE FABLED
NORTHWEST PASSAGE.
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NONE OF THEM COME BACK
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AND NO ONE KNOWS
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
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TO FIND OUT,
SCIENTISTS ARE TESTING
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THE WELL-PRESERVED BODIES
OF THREE OF THE CREW.
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WERE FRANKLIN'S MEN POISONED
BY THE TINNED FOOD
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THAT WAS MEANT
TO KEEP THEM ALIVE?
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THIS NEW ANALYSIS
SUGGESTS NOT.
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THE SHOCKING DISCOVERY IS
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THAT WHAT WE HAD THOUGHT
WAS THE EXPLANATION
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IS NOT REALLY
THE EXPLANATION ANYMORE.
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THERE WEREN'T
HIGHER LEVELS OF LEAD
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IN PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN
PRESUMABLY EXPOSED TO IT LONGER
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AND, INDEED, THAT THE LEAD
PROBABLY DID NOT COME
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FROM EXPOSURE EXPERIENCED
DURING THE EXPEDITION.
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Wade:
X-RAY FLUOROSCOPY REVEALS
THAT THE HIGH LEAD LEVELS WERE
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IN OLDER BONE GROWTH,
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SUGGESTING THE MEN
WERE EXPOSED TO IT
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VIA INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
BEFORETHEY LEFT HOME.
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IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE LEAD
POISONING IS THE SMOKING GUN.
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Wade:
SO, IF IT WASN'T LEAD
THAT KILLED THEM, WHAT WAS IT?
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FOR ALMOST TWO CENTURIES,
THERE'S BEEN LITTLE TO GO ON.
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WE WONDER HOW, GIVEN THE
DILIGENCE OF THE SEARCH
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OVER MORE THAN A CENTURY
AND A HALF,
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WE'VE FOUND SO LITTLE.
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WHY ISN'T THERE MORE?
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[ STATIC CRACKLES]
Wade: BUT THE RECENT DISCOVERY
OF FRANKLIN'S SHIPS,
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PRESERVED BENEATH THE ICE,
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SHOULD PROVE
A MAJORBREAKTHROUGH.
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MANY OF US WHO'VE BEEN
STUDYING THIS FOR YEARS
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THOUGHT THE ODDS
OF ACTUALLY FINDING ONE
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OF THESE SHIPS ARE LOW.
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WE IMAGINED THEY WERE
PROBABLY JUST
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SMASHED TO PIECES IN THE ICE.
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Wade:
SURELY, NOW, ALL THE QUESTIONS
CAN BE ANSWERED.
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NO ONE HAS SET EYES ON THESE
SHIPS IN ALMOST TWO CENTURIES.
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NOW, A TEAM OF MARINE
ARCHEOLOGISTS IS SURVEYING THEM.
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Polakowski:
THE TERRORIS EERILY INTACT.
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WHO KNOWS WHAT WE'RE
GONNA FIND INSIDE?
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McKay:
THE CONDITIONS FOR PRESERVATION
ARE VERY GOOD
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BECAUSE YOU HAVE DEPTH
AND YOU HAVE LESS LIGHT
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THAN YOU WOULD
AT SHALLOWER DEPTHS
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AND THE COLD TEMPERATURE
OF THE WATER REALLY HELPS.
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Wade:
BUT NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY
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ABOUT THE UNDERWATER
INVESTIGATION.
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WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE TEAM
DIVING ON THE WRECKS,
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SIX PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL
INUIT TOWN DIE.
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IN A SMALL COMMUNITY,
THAT'S A LOT OF DEATHS
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TO HAPPEN IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME,
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SO, SOME PEOPLE BEGAN TO SPEAK
OF A CURSE OF FRANKLIN.
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Wade:
SOME BELIEVE THE SPIRITS
OF FRANKLIN'S MEN
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HAVE BEEN RELEASED
FROM THEIR WATERY GRAVE.
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Polakowski:
THE LOCAL TRIBES EVEN SPEAK
OF SHADOWY FIGURE
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WALKING THE BEACHES AND THE ICE
WHERE THE SHIPS ONCE WERE.
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I THINK THERE IS STILL
A KIND OF
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A SPECTRAL FEELING
TO THE ARCTIC.
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♪♪
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Wade:
LOCAL SUPERSTITION
IS NOT THE ONLY FACTOR
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MAKING INVESTIGATION DIFFICULT.
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THE FREEZING UNDERWATER
CONDITIONS AND THE LOCATION
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LIMIT THE DIVERS' SEASON
TO JUST THREE WEEKS A YEAR.
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♪♪
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REMOTE CAMERAS HAVE TO BE USED
TO EXPLORE INSIDE THE SHIPS,
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SO INVESTIGATORS CAN SEE,
BUT THEY CAN'T TOUCH.
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BUT COULD THESE SUBMERGED SHIPS
FINALLY UNLOCK THE MYSTERY
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OF WHAT HAPPENED
TO FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION?
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IT MAY WELL BE
THAT THERE'LL BE RECORDS,
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OF SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM
THAT HAVE SURVIVED ON THE SHIP,
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WHICH WILL GIVE US
SOME INSIGHT.
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Potter:
DRAWERS, THEY'RE DARK.
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THERE'S NO OXYGEN CONTENT
IN THERE.
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00:13:57,517 --> 00:14:00,379
THERE'S NO MARINE LIFE
AND THERE IS EVERY CHANCE
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THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY GET WRITTEN
RECORDS OF WHAT HAPPENED.
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THERE'S
CAPTAIN CROZIER'S DESK,
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00:14:06,965 --> 00:14:10,275
STILL SITTING THERE,
A BIT OF SILT ON TOP OF IT,
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LOOKING AS THOUGH YOU COULD
JUST OPEN ONE OF THE DRAWERS
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00:14:12,482 --> 00:14:15,655
AND FIND THE ANSWER
TO ALL OF THE MYSTERIES.
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Wade:
IT COULD STILL TAKE YEARS,
BUT, HOPEFULLY, ONE DAY,
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WE CAN OPEN THAT DRAWER
AND FINALLY DISCOVER THE TRUTH.
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♪♪
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[ SONAR PINGS ]
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JULY 4th WEEKEND, 2019.
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A MAN GOES INTO THE OCEAN
OFF A POPULAR TOURIST BEACH
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ON FLORIDA'S EMERALD COAST
AND COMES OUT FEELING FINE.
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48 HOURS LATER, HE'S DEAD.
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WAS IT SOMETHING
IN THE WATER
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AND, IF SO,
CAN FORENSIC SCIENCE
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HELP US TRACK DOWN
THIS KILLER ON THE COAST?
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♪♪
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OUR BEACHES ARE WHERE WE GO
TO RELAX AND HAVE FUN,
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00:15:04,689 --> 00:15:09,275
BUT WHAT IF THERE'S AN INVISIBLE
KILLER LURKING JUST OFFSHORE?
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THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE
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THAT PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW
IS OUT THERE.
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YOU CAN'T SMELL IT.
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00:15:15,275 --> 00:15:16,586
YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
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00:15:16,586 --> 00:15:17,758
YOU CAN'T TASTE IT.
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IT'S TERRIFYING.
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Wade:
DOCTORS ARE
INITIALLY MYSTIFIED
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BY THE DEATH
OF THE FLORIDA MAN.
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BUT LABORATORY TESTS FINALLY
REVEAL THE KILLER'S IDENTITY.
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NOT A STEALTHY NEW PREDATOR,
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BUT A MICROSCOPIC,
DEADLY BACTERIA.
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Figueroa:
ONCE INSIDE,
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THIS STARTS DEVOURING
AND EATING HUMAN TISSUE.
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IF IT'S NOT STOPPED IN TIME,
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THE ONLY COURSE OF ACTION
IS AMPUTATION.
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IF WE CAN'T GET IT OUT,
IT CAN ALSO LEAD TO DEATH.
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THE IDEA OF CONTRACTING
A FLESH-EATING BACTERIA
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IN WATER THAT YOU SWIM IN
ISTHE STUFF OF HORROR MOVIES.
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Wade:
WHERE DID THIS
FLESH-EATER COME FROM,
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HAS IT RISEN FROM THE
HIDDEN DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN,
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00:16:02,034 --> 00:16:05,551
AND CAN WE STOP IT
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE?
338
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[ SONAR PINGING ]
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[ SONAR PINGING ]
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00:16:15,275 --> 00:16:17,517
EVIDENCE SUGGESTS
THERE COULD BE
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A NEW KILLER
LURKING IN OUR OCEANS,
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A DEADLY BACTERIA
THAT EATS ITS WAY
343
00:16:22,896 --> 00:16:26,310
THROUGH FLESH
AND INTERNAL ORGANS.
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00:16:26,310 --> 00:16:28,931
WHAT CAN BE DONE
TO STOP IT SPREADING?
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00:16:28,931 --> 00:16:30,586
♪♪
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00:16:30,586 --> 00:16:32,310
CAN THIS NEW BACTERIA
BE STOPPED?
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00:16:32,310 --> 00:16:35,206
ARE WE GONNA END UP
SHUTTING DOWN OUR BEACHES?
348
00:16:35,206 --> 00:16:37,517
Wade:
SCIENCE HAS SOME
OF THE ANSWERS.
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♪♪
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THIS PARTICULAR BACTERIA
LIKES LOW SALINITY,
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WARM BODIES OF WATER,
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00:16:44,655 --> 00:16:47,862
OFTEN FOUND NEAR COASTAL
REGIONS WHERE HUMANS FREQUENT.
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Wade:
A DEADLY WATERBORNE BACTERIA
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THAT HANGS OUT
IN THE SAME PLACE AS WE DO
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IS A FRIGHTENING THOUGHT.
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00:16:54,275 --> 00:16:56,068
AND THIS ONE HAS A NAME --
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VIBRIO VULNIFICUS.
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RESEARCH SUGGESTS
IT'S TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS
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THROUGH OPEN WOUNDS
OR BY EATING SHELLFISH,
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00:17:04,586 --> 00:17:06,068
AND IT'S PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
361
00:17:06,068 --> 00:17:09,000
TO THOSE WITH A COMPROMISED
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
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00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,586
THE PROBLEM IS
IS THAT, WHEN IT MUTATES
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00:17:10,586 --> 00:17:13,448
AND BECOMES HARMFUL
OR ACTIVE TO HUMANS,
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IT CAN CAUSE SEPSIS.
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00:17:15,793 --> 00:17:18,275
Wade:
SEPSIS IS WHEN
THE BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM
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[ MONITOR BEEPING ]
OVERREACTS TO AN INFECTION
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AND STARTS TO ATTACK
ITS OWN TISSUES AND ORGANS.
368
00:17:24,103 --> 00:17:27,827
IT CAN QUICKLY PROVE
LIFE-THREATENING.
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THE CENTERS
FOR DISEASE CONTROL
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ESTIMATES THAT ABOUT 80,000
PEOPLE PER YEAR
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00:17:32,275 --> 00:17:34,758
ARE STRICKEN
WITH THIS ILLNESS.
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PEOPLE GET OUT OF THE WATER
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AND THEY FEEL FINE
FOR A FEW DAYS
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00:17:37,206 --> 00:17:40,551
AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
YOUR LEG STARTS TO SWELL UP
375
00:17:40,551 --> 00:17:44,655
AND, WITHIN HOURS OR DAYS,
IT'S CUT OFF.
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00:17:44,655 --> 00:17:47,862
Wade:
AND IT MAY NOT JUSTBE
AFFECTING ALL BEACHES.
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00:17:47,862 --> 00:17:50,275
♪♪
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IN JUNE 2019,
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THERE'S A NEW CASE REPORTED.
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00:17:54,172 --> 00:17:56,172
AN EXPERIENCED
WATER SPORTS GUIDE
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IS PADDLING ACROSS
AN INLAND FLORIDA LAKE.
382
00:17:59,758 --> 00:18:01,103
AND, LATER ON IN THE DAY,
HE NOTICED
383
00:18:01,103 --> 00:18:03,379
THAT HIS ARM HAD SWELLED UP
SIGNIFICANTLY
384
00:18:03,379 --> 00:18:06,586
AND, AS THE DAY WENT ON,
IT GOT EVEN WORSE.
385
00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:08,241
HE'S NOT IMMERSED
IN THE WATER.
386
00:18:08,241 --> 00:18:09,241
IT'S NOT IN HIS EYES.
387
00:18:09,241 --> 00:18:10,724
IT'S NOT IN HIS EARS.
388
00:18:10,724 --> 00:18:11,862
Wade:
COULD IT NOW BE POSSIBLE
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00:18:11,862 --> 00:18:13,965
TO GET INFECTED
BY THE BACTERIA
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00:18:13,965 --> 00:18:17,275
WITHOUT EVEN GETTING
INTHE WATER?
391
00:18:17,275 --> 00:18:19,379
SCIENTISTS ARE NOW MORE
CONCERNED WITH IT
392
00:18:19,379 --> 00:18:21,034
BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE MUTATING
393
00:18:21,034 --> 00:18:23,310
AND IT SEEMS TO ACTUALLY
BE MORE COMMON.
394
00:18:23,310 --> 00:18:25,275
IT'S FINDING NEW WAYS
TO INFECT.
395
00:18:25,275 --> 00:18:28,275
Wade:
SIGNIFICANTLY, THE PADDLEBOARDER
HAD BEEN ON THE LAKE
396
00:18:28,275 --> 00:18:31,551
MANY TIMES BEFORE
WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.
397
00:18:31,551 --> 00:18:33,206
THE WORRISOME THING IS
THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING
398
00:18:33,206 --> 00:18:37,275
TO GET INFECTED WHERE WE HAVEN'T
HAD CASES OF THIS BEFORE.
399
00:18:37,275 --> 00:18:38,413
Tuttle:
IT'S OUT THERE.
400
00:18:38,413 --> 00:18:39,931
IT'S SPREADING.
401
00:18:39,931 --> 00:18:42,275
Tuttle:
IS THIS A RESULT
OF GLOBAL WARMING?
402
00:18:42,275 --> 00:18:44,482
IS IT ISSUES WITH POLLUTION
IN THE WATER?
403
00:18:44,482 --> 00:18:48,000
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES
THAT ARE CREATING IT?
404
00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,275
Wade:
NEW INFECTION SITES ARE BEING
DISCOVERED ALL THE TIME.
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00:18:51,275 --> 00:18:53,724
♪♪
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00:18:53,724 --> 00:18:57,137
RISING SEA TEMPERATURES MEAN
MORE AND MORE COASTAL REGIONS
407
00:18:57,137 --> 00:19:01,413
ARE NOW POTENTIAL BREEDING
GROUNDS FOR THE BACTERIA.
408
00:19:01,413 --> 00:19:03,103
THE WARMER THE OCEAN,
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00:19:03,103 --> 00:19:05,620
THE BETTER THE CONDITIONS
FOR BACTERIA.
410
00:19:05,620 --> 00:19:09,344
Wade:
MOST BACTERIA DON'T TRAVEL
ACROSS LARGE BODIES OF WATER
411
00:19:09,344 --> 00:19:12,448
BECAUSE COLDER CURRENTS
KILL THEM OFF,
412
00:19:12,448 --> 00:19:14,310
BUT A NEW INSIGHT SUGGESTS
413
00:19:14,310 --> 00:19:16,620
HUMAN ACTIVITY
COULD BE RESPONSIBLE
414
00:19:16,620 --> 00:19:20,827
FOR TRANSPORTING THIS
UNDERWATER KILLER WORLDWIDE.
415
00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:24,758
OVER 90% OF EVERYTHING
IN OUR HOMES COMES TO US BY SEA
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00:19:24,758 --> 00:19:29,172
AND VAST CARGO SHIPS DON'T JUST
TRANSPORT OUR GLOBAL GOODS.
417
00:19:29,172 --> 00:19:32,793
THEY MAY ALSO CARRY
FLESH-EATING BACTERIA.
418
00:19:32,793 --> 00:19:36,241
LARGE SHIPS NOW TAKE ON
WATER AS BALLAST.
419
00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:38,413
THEY SUCK UP WATER
IN THIS PORT
420
00:19:38,413 --> 00:19:40,068
AND THEN, WHEN THEY GET
TO ANOTHER PORT,
421
00:19:40,068 --> 00:19:43,586
THEY EMPTY THE BALLAST TANKS
WHILST THEY'RE OFFLOADING.
422
00:19:43,586 --> 00:19:45,896
SO THIS MEANS THERE IS
A CONSTANT FLOW OF WATER
423
00:19:45,896 --> 00:19:50,137
BEING CARRIED AROUND THE WORLD
ON OUR GLOBAL SHIPPING NETWORK.
424
00:19:50,137 --> 00:19:52,310
Wade:
A NEVER-ENDING FLOW OF SHIPS
425
00:19:52,310 --> 00:19:55,793
CARRYING TONS OF WATER
FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY.
426
00:19:55,793 --> 00:19:58,758
IF THIS IS HOW THE VIBRIO
BACTERIA IS BEING SPREAD,
427
00:19:58,758 --> 00:20:02,000
IT MAY ALREADY BE TOO LATE.
428
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,655
THIS INVASIVE BACTERIA
HAS THE POTENTIAL
429
00:20:04,655 --> 00:20:07,137
TO BECOME
A GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS.
430
00:20:07,137 --> 00:20:10,758
THE VIBRIOBACTERIA CANBE
TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS,
431
00:20:10,758 --> 00:20:12,482
[ MONITOR BEEPING ]
IF ADMINISTERED QUICKLY,
432
00:20:12,482 --> 00:20:16,068
SO MEDICAL TEAMS NEED TO BE
ALERTED AND PREPARED.
433
00:20:16,068 --> 00:20:19,758
BUT WITH 70% OF THE WORLD
COVERED BY WATER,
434
00:20:19,758 --> 00:20:21,482
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW
435
00:20:21,482 --> 00:20:24,862
WHERE THIS INVISIBLE KILLER
WILL STRIKE NEXT.
436
00:20:24,862 --> 00:20:27,379
Figueroa:
PERHAPS WE CAN USE THE TOOLS
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
437
00:20:27,379 --> 00:20:30,586
TO BETTER PREDICT WHERE
THESE OUTBREAKS MIGHT OCCUR.
438
00:20:30,586 --> 00:20:32,620
Wade:
THERE IS ONE
PIONEERING TECHNOLOGY
439
00:20:32,620 --> 00:20:35,310
THAT COULD HELP US
STAY A STEP AHEAD.
440
00:20:35,310 --> 00:20:38,655
COMPUTER MODELING CAN BE USED
TO CREATE SIMULATIONS
441
00:20:38,655 --> 00:20:42,724
OF WHERE THE VIBRIOBACTERIA
MIGHT APPEAR NEXT.
442
00:20:42,724 --> 00:20:44,482
SCIENTISTS ARE USING
SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY
443
00:20:44,482 --> 00:20:46,448
TO TRACK SALINITY,
444
00:20:46,448 --> 00:20:48,413
OCEAN CURRENTS, AND TEMPERATURE.
445
00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:51,103
TO TRY AND MAP GLOBAL TRADE
AND GLOBAL CURRENTS
446
00:20:51,103 --> 00:20:52,862
AND SEE WHERE
THEY'RE GONNA COME,
447
00:20:52,862 --> 00:20:56,241
SO THEY CAN MOVE
THE RESOURCES TO BE THERE.
448
00:20:56,241 --> 00:20:59,344
WILL THESE NEW,
PREDICTIVE TECHNIQUES BE ENOUGH
449
00:20:59,344 --> 00:21:02,379
TO HELP US DEFEAT
AN INVISIBLE KILLER
450
00:21:02,379 --> 00:21:04,068
OR ARE WE HEADING
TOWARDS A WORLD
451
00:21:04,068 --> 00:21:07,517
WHERE IT'S NO LONGER SAFE
TO GO INTO THE WATER?
452
00:21:07,517 --> 00:21:14,758
♪♪
453
00:21:14,758 --> 00:21:16,379
[ SONAR PINGS ]
454
00:21:16,379 --> 00:21:20,413
IN PIRATE STORIES OF OLD,
FINDING BURIED TREASURE
455
00:21:20,413 --> 00:21:25,206
IS ALWAYS ABOUT A MAP
WHERE X MARKS THE SPOT.
456
00:21:25,206 --> 00:21:27,448
IN THE DEEP WATER REALM,
HOWEVER,
457
00:21:27,448 --> 00:21:30,482
THINGS ARE RARELY
THAT SIMPLE.
458
00:21:30,482 --> 00:21:33,000
BUT COULD NEW
UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY
459
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,275
DO AWAY WITH TREASURE CHARTS
AND HELP TO LOCATE
460
00:21:36,275 --> 00:21:41,655
WHAT'S POSSIBLY THE GREATEST
PIRATE'S HAUL IN HISTORY?
461
00:21:41,655 --> 00:21:43,310
COULD THE TREASURE HAVE BEEN
RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES
462
00:21:43,310 --> 00:21:44,586
THE WHOLE TIME?
463
00:21:44,586 --> 00:21:46,034
♪♪
464
00:21:46,034 --> 00:21:47,413
Wade:
THE MYSTERY STARTS
465
00:21:47,413 --> 00:21:49,413
WITH AN INFAMOUS
CARIBBEAN PIRATE
466
00:21:49,413 --> 00:21:52,344
CALLED CAPTAIN HENRY MORGAN.
467
00:21:52,344 --> 00:21:54,793
CAPTAIN MORGAN IS NOT
JUST A RUM BOTTLE.
468
00:21:54,793 --> 00:21:56,586
HE IS ACTUALLY A REAL PERSON
469
00:21:56,586 --> 00:22:00,689
AND HE'S A REAL LIVING LEGEND,
IN HIS OWN TIME.
470
00:22:00,689 --> 00:22:02,517
IN 1671,
471
00:22:02,517 --> 00:22:05,310
MORGAN SETS OUT
WITH 36 SHIPS
472
00:22:05,310 --> 00:22:08,344
TO RAID THE SPANISH-CONTROLLED
CITY OF PANAMA
473
00:22:08,344 --> 00:22:10,206
AND STEAL ITS GOLD.
474
00:22:10,206 --> 00:22:12,793
PANAMA WAS ONE
OF THE RICHEST CITIES
475
00:22:12,793 --> 00:22:14,931
IN SOUTH AMERICA
AT THAT TIME.
476
00:22:14,931 --> 00:22:18,206
Wade:
IT'S THE BIGGEST HEIST
OF THE AGE.
477
00:22:18,206 --> 00:22:23,172
HE CARRIED OFF 134 HORSE-LOADS
OF GOLD AND SILVER.
478
00:22:23,172 --> 00:22:25,586
Wade:
BUT THEN, SOMETHING
UNUSUAL HAPPENS.
479
00:22:25,586 --> 00:22:27,206
ACCORDING TO ONE ACCOUNT,
480
00:22:27,206 --> 00:22:29,724
MORGAN, UNBEKNOWNST
TO MOST OF HIS MEN,
481
00:22:29,724 --> 00:22:31,862
SNEAKS BACK ONBOARD
482
00:22:31,862 --> 00:22:35,551
AND LEAVES PANAMA
WITH JUST THREE SHIPS.
483
00:22:35,551 --> 00:22:38,655
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HE
MAY HAVE BEAT A HASTY RETREAT
484
00:22:38,655 --> 00:22:40,931
BECAUSE HE HAD A SHIP
FULL OF TREASURE
485
00:22:40,931 --> 00:22:43,586
THAT HE WANTED
TO KEEP FOR HIMSELF.
486
00:22:43,586 --> 00:22:47,000
Wade:
WHEN MORGAN ARRIVES BACK HOME,
IN PORT ROYAL, JAMAICA,
487
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,758
HE HAS ONLY ONE SHIP,
488
00:22:48,758 --> 00:22:51,000
AND A FRACTION OF THE LOOT.
489
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,275
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REST
OF THE TREASURE?
490
00:22:53,275 --> 00:22:56,068
DID CAPTAIN MORGAN MAKE AWAY
WITH A LOTTA LOOT
491
00:22:56,068 --> 00:22:58,758
AND, IF HE DID,
WHERE DID HE STASH IT?
492
00:22:58,758 --> 00:23:01,103
Clarke:
THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF RUMORS
ABOUT WHERE THE TREASURE
493
00:23:01,103 --> 00:23:05,000
HAD BEEN PLACED,
WHAT HE'D DONE WITH IT.
494
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,344
Wade:
FOR OVER 300 YEARS,
PEOPLE HAVE PUT FORWARD THEORIES
495
00:23:08,344 --> 00:23:12,724
FOR THE POSSIBLE LOCATION
OF MORGAN'S MISSING TREASURE.
496
00:23:12,724 --> 00:23:15,103
BUT, NOW, A TEAM
OF UNDERWATER ARCHEOLOGISTS
497
00:23:15,103 --> 00:23:17,344
HAVE DISCOVERED
A SHIPWRECK NEAR PANAMA,
498
00:23:17,344 --> 00:23:21,827
AND IT'S ON THE ROUTE
MORGAN WOULD HAVE SAILED.
499
00:23:21,827 --> 00:23:25,482
IT WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH MORGAN'S ADVENTURE
500
00:23:25,482 --> 00:23:29,551
BECAUSE THE MATERIAL ON THE SHIP
DATED TO THAT PERIOD.
501
00:23:29,551 --> 00:23:33,896
COULD THIS MYSTERY SHIPWRECK
BE THE UNDERWATER HIDING PLACE
502
00:23:33,896 --> 00:23:37,827
FOR CAPTAIN MORGAN'S
MISSING TREASURE?
503
00:23:37,827 --> 00:23:40,172
[ SONAR PINGING ]
504
00:23:46,655 --> 00:23:49,724
INFAMOUS PIRATE
CAPTAIN MORGAN MAKES OFF
505
00:23:49,724 --> 00:23:52,482
WITH A FORTUNE
IN SILVER AND GOLD.
506
00:23:52,482 --> 00:23:54,827
BUT WHEN HE ARRIVES
BACK IN PORT,
507
00:23:54,827 --> 00:23:58,827
MOST OF THE LOOT
HAS MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED.
508
00:23:58,827 --> 00:24:03,862
WHERE IS CAPTAIN MORGAN'S
MISSING TREASURE?
509
00:24:03,862 --> 00:24:06,689
NEW UNDERWATER
INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES
510
00:24:06,689 --> 00:24:10,758
COULD FINALLY UNCOVER
ITS HIDING PLACE.
511
00:24:10,758 --> 00:24:12,620
Polakowski: THE QUESTION IS,
DID CAPTAIN MORGAN
512
00:24:12,620 --> 00:24:14,206
MAKE AWAY WITH A LOT OF LOOT?
513
00:24:14,206 --> 00:24:16,517
AND IF HE DID,
WHERE DID HE STASH IT?
514
00:24:18,862 --> 00:24:22,310
Wade:
SOME ARCHEOLOGISTS BELIEVE THAT
A SHIPWRECK FOUND NEAR PANAMA
515
00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:24,241
COULD BE ONE OF MORGAN'S FLEET.
516
00:24:26,310 --> 00:24:29,241
Polakowski:
THEY FOUND CANNONS AND CHESTS.
517
00:24:29,241 --> 00:24:32,034
BUT AFTER FURTHER ANALYSIS,
THEY ACTUALLY FIGURED OUT
518
00:24:32,034 --> 00:24:34,310
THAT THIS WAS MORE LIKELY
A SPANISH SHIP.
519
00:24:34,310 --> 00:24:36,689
SO, WHILE THESE NEW SHIPS
520
00:24:36,689 --> 00:24:38,965
AND NEW EVIDENCE COMES TO LIGHT,
521
00:24:38,965 --> 00:24:42,344
REALLY ALL IT'S DOING IS
IT'S FURTHERING THE MYSTERY.
522
00:24:42,344 --> 00:24:44,724
Wade: SO IF THE TREASURE'S
NOT ON THIS SHIPWRECK,
523
00:24:44,724 --> 00:24:46,931
WHERE COULD IT BE?
524
00:24:46,931 --> 00:24:49,275
AN INTERESTING DETAIL
AND ACCOUNTS ALL THE TIME
525
00:24:49,275 --> 00:24:51,655
COULD GIVE US A NEW LEAD.
526
00:24:51,655 --> 00:24:53,689
CAPTAIN MORGAN
TAKES SEVERAL WEEKS
527
00:24:53,689 --> 00:24:56,689
TO GET FROM PANAMA CITY
BACK TO PORT ROYAL,
528
00:24:56,689 --> 00:24:59,310
MUCH LONGER THAN EXPECTED.
529
00:24:59,310 --> 00:25:01,172
Elliot: COULD MORGAN HAVE
STOPPED ON HIS WAY BACK
530
00:25:01,172 --> 00:25:03,413
TO PORT ROYAL?
531
00:25:03,413 --> 00:25:05,206
Polakowski: BECAUSE HE'S
A PIRATE, HE DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS
532
00:25:05,206 --> 00:25:07,241
TO NORMAL PORTS,
SO HE WOULD HAVE TO BE
533
00:25:07,241 --> 00:25:10,379
VERY CAREFUL WHERE
HE'S GONNA MAKE HIS STOPS.
534
00:25:10,379 --> 00:25:12,827
Wade: THERE IS ONE
POSSIBLE LOCATION.
535
00:25:12,827 --> 00:25:16,758
Elliot: ON THE ROUTE BACK FROM
PANAMA CITY TO PORT ROYAL,
536
00:25:16,758 --> 00:25:20,275
YOU HAVE THIS ISLAND
CALLED SAN ANDRéS.
537
00:25:20,275 --> 00:25:23,034
Wade: SAN ANDRéS IS A SMALL
CORAL ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE
538
00:25:23,034 --> 00:25:24,655
OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA,
539
00:25:24,655 --> 00:25:27,206
REPUTED TO BE A FAVORITE
OF MORGAN'S,
540
00:25:27,206 --> 00:25:30,517
SPECULATED THAT HE MIGHT HAVE
UNLOADED SOME OF HIS CARGO
541
00:25:30,517 --> 00:25:32,689
AND SPOILS THERE.
542
00:25:32,689 --> 00:25:34,379
McKay: GIVEN THE STRENGTH
OF THE WINDS,
543
00:25:34,379 --> 00:25:37,896
THEY MAY HAVE HAD TIME TO STOP
AND UNLOAD A SHIP.
544
00:25:37,896 --> 00:25:40,965
Wade: SAN ANDRéS IS STREWN
WITH SEA CAVES,
545
00:25:40,965 --> 00:25:43,896
MAKING IT AN IDEAL PLACE
TO HIDE TREASURE.
546
00:25:43,896 --> 00:25:45,724
THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF RUMORS
THAT HE MANAGED
547
00:25:45,724 --> 00:25:47,413
TO FIND A VERY DEEP CAVE
548
00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:49,965
AND STORED ALL THE GOLD
DOWN IN THERE.
549
00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:52,827
AND THAT HAS BEEN A SITE
OF MANY TREASURE HUNTS
550
00:25:52,827 --> 00:25:55,172
FOR MANY YEARS EVER SINCE.
551
00:25:55,172 --> 00:25:57,620
Wade: DESPITE MANY SEARCHES
OVER THE YEARS,
552
00:25:57,620 --> 00:26:02,103
NO SIGN OF MORGAN'S MISSING
TREASURE HAS EVER BEEN FOUND.
553
00:26:02,103 --> 00:26:05,448
PERHAPS THE SOLUTION
LIES CLOSER TO HOME.
554
00:26:05,448 --> 00:26:07,896
ANOTHER THEORY THAT HAS ALWAYS
BEEN PRESENT
555
00:26:07,896 --> 00:26:10,862
IS THAT ACTUALLY CAPTAIN MORGAN
KEPT THE TREASURE WITH HIM,
556
00:26:10,862 --> 00:26:13,482
AND IT CAME BACK
TO PORT ROYAL WITH HIM.
557
00:26:13,482 --> 00:26:14,965
McKay: IF YOU LIVED IN JAMAICA
558
00:26:14,965 --> 00:26:16,862
AND YOU WANTED TO SPEND
YOUR MONEY,
559
00:26:16,862 --> 00:26:18,482
YOU'D KEEP IT SOMEWHERE NEARBY.
560
00:26:18,482 --> 00:26:20,620
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE
YOUR CLOSEST ATM
561
00:26:20,620 --> 00:26:22,137
1,000 MILES AWAY.
562
00:26:22,137 --> 00:26:24,517
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
563
00:26:24,517 --> 00:26:28,482
Rondeau:
PORT ROYAL WAS REALLY THE PIRATE
HAVEN OF THE CARIBBEAN.
564
00:26:28,482 --> 00:26:32,068
AND REALLY, IT'S THE SETTING
FOR THE MODERN-DAY VIEW.
565
00:26:32,068 --> 00:26:35,034
WE HAVE OF WHAT
PIRATE LIFE WAS LIKE.
566
00:26:35,034 --> 00:26:38,206
Wade: MORGAN LIVED OUT THE REST
OF HIS DAYS IN PORT ROYAL,
567
00:26:38,206 --> 00:26:39,862
WHERE HE WAS BURIED,
568
00:26:39,862 --> 00:26:43,551
TAKING THE SECRET OF THE MISSING
TREASURE TO HIS GRAVE.
569
00:26:43,551 --> 00:26:46,655
THEN, FOUR YEARS LATER,
A NATURAL DISASTER
570
00:26:46,655 --> 00:26:48,448
ENGULFED THE CITY.
571
00:26:48,448 --> 00:26:50,000
IT ACTUALLY SUNK INTO THE SEA
572
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,931
AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE
AND A TSUNAMI HIT THE REGION.
573
00:26:53,931 --> 00:26:57,931
Wade: DID MORGAN'S TREASURE
END UP UNDER THE SEA?
574
00:26:57,931 --> 00:27:00,137
McKay: THE POTENTIAL COULD BE
THAT MORGAN HID IT
575
00:27:00,137 --> 00:27:01,655
SOMEWHERE AROUND THE CITY.
576
00:27:01,655 --> 00:27:04,344
AND ONCE THAT DISAPPEARED
BENEATH THE WAVES,
577
00:27:04,344 --> 00:27:05,931
SO TOO DID THE TREASURE.
578
00:27:05,931 --> 00:27:09,586
Wade: NOW A TEAM OF MARINE
ARCHEOLOGISTS HAS BEGUN TO MAP
579
00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:12,620
THE UNDERWATER REMAINS
OF THE SUNKEN CITY.
580
00:27:12,620 --> 00:27:16,275
THERE MORE OR LESS INTACT
IS AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE
581
00:27:16,275 --> 00:27:18,482
TO BE INVESTIGATED PROPERLY.
582
00:27:18,482 --> 00:27:20,724
Wade: PERHAPS THIS NEW RESEARCH
WILL FINALLY
583
00:27:20,724 --> 00:27:24,344
LOCATE CAPTAIN MORGAN'S
HIDDEN TREASURE.
584
00:27:24,344 --> 00:27:28,241
ONE OF THE TECHNIQUES BEING USED
IS PHOTOGRAPHER.
585
00:27:28,241 --> 00:27:29,896
PHOTOGRAMMETRY
IS A SURVEY TECHNIQUE,
586
00:27:29,896 --> 00:27:31,827
A REMOTE-SENSING TECHNIQUE.
587
00:27:31,827 --> 00:27:35,413
Polakowski:
YOU GO AND TAKE PHOTOS
OF AN AREA OR AN OBJECT
588
00:27:35,413 --> 00:27:37,241
AND YOU KIND OF GO AROUND IT.
589
00:27:37,241 --> 00:27:38,896
AND IT'S AN ALGORITHM
ESSENTIALLY
590
00:27:38,896 --> 00:27:40,551
THAT MESHES ALL THESE PHOTOS
TOGETHER
591
00:27:40,551 --> 00:27:43,206
AND CREATES A 3-D OBJECT.
592
00:27:43,206 --> 00:27:45,000
Wade: IT'S ONLY RECENTLY
BEEN DEVELOPED
593
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,827
TO MAP UNDERWATER SITES.
594
00:27:47,827 --> 00:27:49,896
THE TEAM CAN CREATE A 3-D
PICTURE
595
00:27:49,896 --> 00:27:51,172
OF WHAT THE CITY LOOKED LIKE
596
00:27:51,172 --> 00:27:53,206
WHEN IT DISAPPEARED
UNDER THE WAVES
597
00:27:53,206 --> 00:27:55,206
THREE CENTURIES AGO.
598
00:27:55,206 --> 00:27:57,379
IT LETS YOU REACH OUT
AND TOUCH HISTORY.
599
00:27:57,379 --> 00:27:59,000
IT'S PRETTY COOL.
600
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,344
Clarke: IF WE CAN ACCURATELY
CREATE A MAP
601
00:28:01,344 --> 00:28:03,655
OF CAPTAIN MORGAN'S PERIOD,
602
00:28:03,655 --> 00:28:06,241
THEN THAT GIVES US AN IDEA
OF WHERE SUCH TREASURES
603
00:28:06,241 --> 00:28:07,965
MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIDDEN.
604
00:28:07,965 --> 00:28:10,724
Wade: IT'S EARLY DAYS,
BUT WHEN THE MAP IS FINISHED,
605
00:28:10,724 --> 00:28:14,482
IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE
TO PINPOINT WHERE MORGAN LIVED.
606
00:28:14,482 --> 00:28:17,206
COULD THE HIDING PLACE
OF HIS FAMOUS MISSING TREASURE
607
00:28:17,206 --> 00:28:18,620
BE UNCOVERED AT LAST?
608
00:28:18,620 --> 00:28:22,000
IN THE UNDERWATER RUINS
OF PORT ROYAL?
609
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,965
THIS ISN'T LIKE FINDING
A PIRATE SHIP.
610
00:28:23,965 --> 00:28:25,655
IT'S FINDING A WHOLE
PIRATE CITY.
611
00:28:25,655 --> 00:28:27,551
SO WHO KNOWS WHAT YOU CAN FIND?
612
00:28:27,551 --> 00:28:35,620
♪♪
613
00:28:35,620 --> 00:28:37,103
Wade: THE PACIFIC OCEAN
614
00:28:37,103 --> 00:28:40,310
IS THE LARGEST
AND DEEPEST OCEAN ON EARTH.
615
00:28:40,310 --> 00:28:42,793
IT'S A PLACE I'VE COME BACK
TO TIME AND AGAIN
616
00:28:42,793 --> 00:28:46,379
TO INVESTIGATE THE MYSTERIES
BENEATH OUR WATERS
617
00:28:46,379 --> 00:28:50,000
BECAUSE IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE
TO HIDE.
618
00:28:53,551 --> 00:28:56,068
JUNE 18TH, 2019,
619
00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:59,241
THE U.S. COAST GUARD ARE IN
PURSUIT OF A MYSTERY CRAFT
620
00:28:59,241 --> 00:29:02,000
HEADING NORTH
OFF THE COAST OF ECUADOR.
621
00:29:05,310 --> 00:29:07,206
IT'S SITTING LOW IN THE WATER,
622
00:29:07,206 --> 00:29:10,758
BARELY VISIBLE ABOVE THE WAVES,
AND MOVING FAST.
623
00:29:15,275 --> 00:29:18,827
THE COAST GUARD HAS BEEN
TRACKING IT FOR 12 HOURS.
624
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,068
COULD IT BE
A NEW MILITARY PROTOTYPE?
625
00:29:25,068 --> 00:29:26,241
BUT WHOSE?
626
00:29:26,241 --> 00:29:29,206
AND WHY IS IT HERE
IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN?
627
00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:34,482
THE SUB'S CREW DON'T SEEM
TO REALIZE
628
00:29:34,482 --> 00:29:36,413
THAT THEY'RE BEING CHASED.
629
00:29:36,413 --> 00:29:39,172
Rondeau: THE OPERATOR OF THIS
VESSEL IS LOOKING FORWARD.
630
00:29:39,172 --> 00:29:42,379
HE CAN ONLY SEE ONE
100 YARDS IN FRONT OF HIM.
631
00:29:42,379 --> 00:29:44,724
HE'S NOT EVEN AWARE
THAT THE U.S. COAST GUARD
632
00:29:44,724 --> 00:29:46,000
HAS SURROUNDED HIM.
633
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,896
IT'S GONNA BE HARD
TO GET ON.
634
00:29:47,896 --> 00:29:50,275
Wade:
TO SOLVE THIS MINISUB MYSTERY,
635
00:29:50,275 --> 00:29:53,827
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUMP
ONTO THE MOVING CRAFT.
636
00:30:04,724 --> 00:30:06,655
Wade: JUNE, 2019.
637
00:30:06,655 --> 00:30:10,275
THE U.S. COAST GUARD IS TRACKING
AN UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL
638
00:30:10,275 --> 00:30:13,137
TRAVELING AT SPEED
THROUGH THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
639
00:30:13,137 --> 00:30:16,724
IT LOOKS TO BE HEADING
FOR THE U.S. COAST.
640
00:30:16,724 --> 00:30:19,931
COULD IT BE SOME KIND OF
SECRET WEAPON
641
00:30:19,931 --> 00:30:21,931
OR SOMETHING ELSE?
642
00:30:24,931 --> 00:30:27,517
COAST GUARD OFFICERS HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO STOP THE CRAFT
643
00:30:27,517 --> 00:30:29,758
WITH NO SUCCESS.
644
00:30:29,758 --> 00:30:32,448
SO FINALLY,
TWO MARINES JUMP ON BOARD.
645
00:30:34,137 --> 00:30:38,896
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
646
00:30:38,896 --> 00:30:41,586
AS WELL AS ITS FRIGHTENED CREW
OF FIVE,
647
00:30:41,586 --> 00:30:44,827
THE VESSEL CONTAINS COCAINE
WITH A STREET VALUE
648
00:30:44,827 --> 00:30:48,724
OF $232 MILLION.
649
00:30:48,724 --> 00:30:52,896
THE MYSTERY CRAFT
IS WHAT'S KNOWN AS A NARCO SUB.
650
00:30:52,896 --> 00:30:56,620
NARCO SUB IS A PRETTY
RUDIMENTARY SUBMARINE
651
00:30:56,620 --> 00:30:58,206
BUILT BY DRUG CARTELS
652
00:30:58,206 --> 00:31:03,310
TO SMUGGLE DRUGS FROM
SOUTH AMERICA TO NORTH AMERICA.
653
00:31:03,310 --> 00:31:05,620
Wade:
THE BUSINESS OF TRAFFICKING
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
654
00:31:05,620 --> 00:31:09,586
OF ILLEGAL DRUGS
TO THE U.S. HAS GONE UNDERWATER.
655
00:31:09,586 --> 00:31:11,793
THE COAST GUARD
HAVE STOPPED THIS ONE.
656
00:31:11,793 --> 00:31:14,172
BUT HOW MANY MORE
OF THESE HOMEMADE SUBS
657
00:31:14,172 --> 00:31:18,206
COULD BE MAKING THEIR WAY
UNDETECTED TO U.S. SHORES?
658
00:31:18,206 --> 00:31:19,862
THE OCEAN IS LAWLESS.
659
00:31:19,862 --> 00:31:23,310
THERE ARE NO BORDERS AT SEA.
660
00:31:23,310 --> 00:31:27,793
IT'S SO VAST,
IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO POLICE.
661
00:31:27,793 --> 00:31:29,620
Wade: AND THESE SUBS
ARE DESIGNED
662
00:31:29,620 --> 00:31:33,241
TO BE INCREDIBLY
HARD TO SPOT IN OPEN WATER.
663
00:31:33,241 --> 00:31:36,137
Polakowski:
IT'S A MOSTLY SUBMERGED CRAFT
THAT SITS JUST AT THE WATERLINE,
664
00:31:36,137 --> 00:31:40,655
SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DETECT
ALONG THE HORIZON OF THE WATER.
665
00:31:40,655 --> 00:31:42,827
McKay: ON CONVENTIONAL RADAR,
IT MIGHT NOT SHOW UP
666
00:31:42,827 --> 00:31:46,793
AS ANYTHING OTHER
THAN ANOTHER WAVE ON THE OCEAN.
667
00:31:46,793 --> 00:31:50,344
SO REALLY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A VISUAL ON IT TO IDENTIFY IT.
668
00:31:50,344 --> 00:31:52,896
Wade: FEW OF THESE VESSELS HAVE
BEEN CAUGHT IN THE ACT
669
00:31:52,896 --> 00:31:55,482
BECAUSE MANY HAVE A BUILT-IN
FAILSAFE
670
00:31:55,482 --> 00:31:58,689
THAT HELPS THEM
DISAPPEAR WITHOUT TRACE.
671
00:31:58,689 --> 00:32:00,275
McKay:
THE IDEA BEHIND THE SUBMARINES
672
00:32:00,275 --> 00:32:02,586
IS THAT THEY'RE
PRETTY EASY TO DISPOSE OF.
673
00:32:02,586 --> 00:32:04,068
IF YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET CAUGHT,
674
00:32:04,068 --> 00:32:07,724
YOU CAN SCUTTLE THE SHIP REALLY
QUICKLY AND GET OFF.
675
00:32:07,724 --> 00:32:09,655
YEAH, IT SINKS, IT'S LOST.
676
00:32:09,655 --> 00:32:11,586
WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE?
677
00:32:11,586 --> 00:32:15,068
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE
MIGHT BE LYING ON THE BOTTOM
678
00:32:15,068 --> 00:32:18,862
FULL OF DRUGS, CASH, GUNS.
679
00:32:18,862 --> 00:32:21,413
Wade: PUT WHERE ARE THESE SUBS
COMING FROM?
680
00:32:23,793 --> 00:32:27,724
ONE POSSIBILITY IS THE RIVERS
OF COLOMBIA,
681
00:32:27,724 --> 00:32:29,551
A COUNTRY THAT, AS I KNOW WELL,
682
00:32:29,551 --> 00:32:33,517
HAS MANY AREAS THAT ARE REMOTE
AND ALMOST IMPENETRABLE.
683
00:32:38,068 --> 00:32:42,413
WE HAVE NO IDEA IN TERMS OF HOW
MANY NARCO SUBS THERE HAVE BEEN.
684
00:32:42,413 --> 00:32:45,172
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
685
00:32:45,172 --> 00:32:48,620
Clarke:
THE ESTIMATES STILL RUN TO
AS MUCH AS 1/3 OR EVEN 1/2
686
00:32:48,620 --> 00:32:51,034
OF ALL THE DRUGS
WHICH GETS TO UNITED STATES
687
00:32:51,034 --> 00:32:53,275
COME VIA THESE SUBMARINES.
688
00:32:53,275 --> 00:32:55,379
THAT MEANS IT'S STILL A HELL
OF A LOT GETTING THROUGH.
689
00:32:57,448 --> 00:33:00,413
Wade: AND COULD THE NARCO
SUB PHENOMENON BE BEHIND
690
00:33:00,413 --> 00:33:04,896
ONE OF THE GREAT UNSOLVED
MYSTERIES OF THE DRUG WORLD?
691
00:33:04,896 --> 00:33:07,965
IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS
DRUG LORDS OF ALL TIME
692
00:33:07,965 --> 00:33:13,137
WHO FIRST TOOK THE NARCOTICS
BATTLE UNDER WATER IN THE 1990s.
693
00:33:13,137 --> 00:33:16,586
Tuttle: PABLO ESCOBAR HELPED
TO INVENT THIS NEW METHOD
694
00:33:16,586 --> 00:33:19,172
OF DELIVERING COCAINE
TO AMERICA.
695
00:33:19,172 --> 00:33:22,103
Polakowski:
HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO TRY
TO USE THESE NARCO SUBS
696
00:33:22,103 --> 00:33:26,448
TO TRANSPORT NARCOTICS
IN A WHOLE NEW WAY.
697
00:33:26,448 --> 00:33:30,172
Wade: ESCOBAR WAS KILLED
IN A SHOOTOUT IN 1993,
698
00:33:30,172 --> 00:33:34,241
BUT MANY BELIEVE SOME OF HIS
FORTUNE IS STILL HIDDEN AWAY.
699
00:33:34,241 --> 00:33:37,068
COULD HIS MISSING
MILLIONS BE UNDER THE OCEAN?
700
00:33:37,068 --> 00:33:39,827
I'VE HEARD THAT SOME OF THE VAST
ESCOBAR FORTUNE
701
00:33:39,827 --> 00:33:42,310
LIES AT THE BOTTOM
IN A NARCO SUB.
702
00:33:42,310 --> 00:33:43,724
IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE.
703
00:33:43,724 --> 00:33:45,862
IT PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN
IN THE FORM OF MONEY
704
00:33:45,862 --> 00:33:47,827
WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.
705
00:33:47,827 --> 00:33:52,482
Wade:
DRUG CARTELS HAVE BEEN GETTING
AWAY WITH IT FOR DECADES.
706
00:33:52,482 --> 00:33:56,551
BUT STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY
IS CHANGING THE GAME.
707
00:33:56,551 --> 00:33:58,896
TO CATCH THIS SUB,
THE COAST GUARD USED
708
00:33:58,896 --> 00:34:03,482
SURVEILLANCE GEAR
DEVELOPED FOR THE U.S. MILITARY.
709
00:34:03,482 --> 00:34:05,275
THE AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD BEEN
MOST AFFECTIVE SO FAR
710
00:34:05,275 --> 00:34:06,862
IS THE P-3 ORION,
711
00:34:06,862 --> 00:34:10,482
WHICH HAS A MAGNETIC
ANOMALY DETECTOR ON ITS TAIL.
712
00:34:10,482 --> 00:34:13,103
Wade: THE AIRCRAFT'S
MAGNETIC ANOMALY DETECTOR
713
00:34:13,103 --> 00:34:16,068
WORKS IN A SIMILAR WAY
TO A METAL DETECTOR.
714
00:34:16,068 --> 00:34:18,758
ITS SENSOR CAN PICK OUT
MINUTE VARIATIONS
715
00:34:18,758 --> 00:34:22,724
IN THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD
CAUSED BY METAL OBJECTS.
716
00:34:22,724 --> 00:34:26,827
THEY CAN DETECT A MAGNETIC
ANOMALY IN THE OCEAN.
717
00:34:26,827 --> 00:34:30,448
THAT'S WORKING ON THE SUBS
THAT ARE BUILT OF STEEL.
718
00:34:30,448 --> 00:34:34,413
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE
A SUBMERSIBLE NEAR THE SURFACE,
719
00:34:34,413 --> 00:34:36,655
THESE PLANES CAN ZERO IN
ON THEM.
720
00:34:36,655 --> 00:34:39,862
Wade:
MAGNETIC DETECTION TECHNOLOGY
HAS GIVEN THE AUTHORITIES
721
00:34:39,862 --> 00:34:41,862
AN EDGE FOR NOW,
722
00:34:41,862 --> 00:34:44,448
BUT THIS HIGH-STAKES GAME
OF HIDE AND SEEK
723
00:34:44,448 --> 00:34:47,241
IS CHANGING ALL THE TIME.
724
00:34:47,241 --> 00:34:50,931
YOU MOVE TO FIBERGLASS OR OTHER
NON-MAGNETIC MATERIALS,
725
00:34:50,931 --> 00:34:52,931
AND YOU CAN DEFEAT
THE MAGNETOMETERS
726
00:34:52,931 --> 00:34:55,068
THAT MAY BE ABLE TO FIND.
727
00:34:55,068 --> 00:34:56,931
Wade: A FIBERGLASS NARCO SUB
728
00:34:56,931 --> 00:34:59,241
WOULD BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
TO DETECT
729
00:34:59,241 --> 00:35:02,137
WITH THE COAST GUARD'S
CURRENT TECHNOLOGY.
730
00:35:02,137 --> 00:35:04,931
IT'S LIKE A GAME OF UNDERWATER
CAT AND MOUSE.
731
00:35:04,931 --> 00:35:07,344
Clarke: IT'S GOING TO BE A
CONSTANT BATTLE OF TECHNOLOGY,
732
00:35:07,344 --> 00:35:10,758
AND IT'S GONNA BE A CONSTANT WAR
OF ONE-UPMANSHIP
733
00:35:10,758 --> 00:35:13,413
OF WHO HAS THE MOST TECH.
734
00:35:13,413 --> 00:35:18,689
♪♪
735
00:35:18,689 --> 00:35:23,965
♪♪
736
00:35:23,965 --> 00:35:26,172
Wade: WE'VE ONLY DISCOVERED
A FRACTION
737
00:35:26,172 --> 00:35:28,275
OF WHAT'S BENEATH OUR OCEANS.
738
00:35:28,275 --> 00:35:31,448
THEY HOLD SECRETS
OF OUR PRESENT AND OUR PAST,
739
00:35:31,448 --> 00:35:34,655
AND THEY RARELY GIVE UP
THOSE SECRETS EASILY.
740
00:35:34,655 --> 00:35:35,862
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN,
741
00:35:35,862 --> 00:35:39,620
WE STUMBLE UPON SOMETHING
TRULY MYSTIFYING.
742
00:35:41,620 --> 00:35:44,310
IN 1980, THE REMNANTS
OF AN ANCIENT VESSEL
743
00:35:44,310 --> 00:35:48,551
ARE DISCOVERED BENEATH THE
SHALLOW WATERS OF THE JAVA SEA.
744
00:35:48,551 --> 00:35:50,862
Polakowski: ITS TIMBERS ARE
COMPLETELY ROTTED AWAY.
745
00:35:50,862 --> 00:35:53,034
THIS IS A SERIOUSLY
OLD SHIPWRECK.
746
00:35:53,034 --> 00:35:55,517
Wade:
INSIDE ARE OVER A 100,000 PIECES
747
00:35:55,517 --> 00:35:58,724
OF PRICELESS CERAMICS,
MANY STILL INTACT.
748
00:36:08,586 --> 00:36:12,034
Wade: DIVERS HAVE DISCOVERED
AN ANCIENT SHIPWRECK
749
00:36:12,034 --> 00:36:15,620
FULL OF THOUSANDS OF PIECES
OF PRICELESS POTTERY
750
00:36:15,620 --> 00:36:18,758
WHICH HAVE LAIN
UNDISCOVERED FOR CENTURIES.
751
00:36:18,758 --> 00:36:21,034
BUT WHERE DID THIS SHIP
COME FROM?
752
00:36:21,034 --> 00:36:24,896
AND HOW DID IT END UP
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE JAVA SEA?
753
00:36:26,827 --> 00:36:29,000
Clarke:
THIS SHIPWRECK WAS SPECIAL.
754
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,413
IT WAS AN OLD ASIAN DESIGN,
755
00:36:31,413 --> 00:36:34,068
AND IT IS FULL OF POTTERY.
756
00:36:34,068 --> 00:36:38,034
WE'RE TALKING HUGE QUANTITIES
OF POTTERY.
757
00:36:38,034 --> 00:36:39,896
WITH NO SHIP LEFT,
WITH THE WOOD ALL GONE,
758
00:36:39,896 --> 00:36:43,206
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT
TO IDENTIFY ITS AGE.
759
00:36:43,206 --> 00:36:46,482
BUT FROM THE SIZE
OF THE DEBRIS FIELD,
760
00:36:46,482 --> 00:36:49,241
WE CAN ESTIMATE THAT THE SHIP
WAS ABOUT 90 FEET LONG
761
00:36:49,241 --> 00:36:52,068
AND 25 FEET WIDE.
762
00:36:52,068 --> 00:36:54,482
Wade: PERHAPS FORENSIC ANALYSIS
CAN TELL US MORE
763
00:36:54,482 --> 00:36:56,482
ABOUT THIS MYSTERY SHIP.
764
00:36:56,482 --> 00:37:00,206
IT'S BEEN UNDERWATER SO LONG,
THERE'S BARELY ANYTHING LEFT.
765
00:37:00,206 --> 00:37:03,000
BUT THE RESEARCH TEAM
CATCH A LUCKY BREAK.
766
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,310
YOU SOMETIMES FIND
ORGANIC MATERIAL,
767
00:37:05,310 --> 00:37:07,413
SOME OF THE ORIGINAL CARGO,
STILL IN THEM,
768
00:37:07,413 --> 00:37:08,655
WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE.
769
00:37:08,655 --> 00:37:11,689
IN THIS CASE,
THEY FOUND A PIECE OF RESIN
770
00:37:11,689 --> 00:37:13,827
THAT THEY USE
TO RADIOCARBON DATE THE WRECK.
771
00:37:15,689 --> 00:37:19,206
CARBON DATING ALLOWS US
TO PUT A TIME CLOCK
772
00:37:19,206 --> 00:37:22,172
ON ARTIFACTS
THAT CONTAIN CARBON.
773
00:37:22,172 --> 00:37:25,000
IT TURNS OUT THAT CARBON
HAS THIS ISOTOPE
774
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,586
THAT HAS A SPECIFIC
DECAY RATE ON IT,
775
00:37:28,586 --> 00:37:31,965
AND IF WE USE THAT DECAY RATE,
WE CAN BACKTRACK TIME
776
00:37:31,965 --> 00:37:35,551
FOR HOW OLD
A SPECIFIC ARTIFACT MIGHT BE.
777
00:37:35,551 --> 00:37:37,689
Polakowski:
INITIAL ANALYSIS HAS SHOWN
THAT IT MIGHT'VE BEEN
778
00:37:37,689 --> 00:37:41,310
A CHINESE TRADING VESSEL
FROM THE 13TH CENTURY.
779
00:37:41,310 --> 00:37:43,344
IT'S A HUGE STEP FORWARD,
780
00:37:43,344 --> 00:37:45,896
BUT IF ANYTHING,
IT ONLY DEEPENS THE MYSTERY
781
00:37:45,896 --> 00:37:48,000
BECAUSE THE SHIP'S DESIGN
AND CONTENTS
782
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:52,137
CONNECT IT TO ONE OF THE GREAT
MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
783
00:37:52,137 --> 00:37:53,896
FOR OVER 4,000 YEARS,
784
00:37:53,896 --> 00:37:57,827
OUR SEAS HAVE PLAYED
A VITAL ROLE IN HOW WE TRADE.
785
00:37:57,827 --> 00:38:00,827
THE OCEANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
THE ORIGINAL SUPERHIGHWAY,
786
00:38:00,827 --> 00:38:03,206
THE ORIGINAL INTERNET.
787
00:38:03,206 --> 00:38:05,068
Wade: BUT UNLIKE LAND ROUTES,
788
00:38:05,068 --> 00:38:08,482
THEY LEAVE VERY FEW TRACES
OF OUR TRADING PAST.
789
00:38:08,482 --> 00:38:11,275
WE KNOW A VERY SMALL PORTION
790
00:38:11,275 --> 00:38:15,517
OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING
ON THE SEAS EVEN 800 YEARS AGO.
791
00:38:15,517 --> 00:38:17,448
UNDERSTANDING
HOW THE TRADE FLOWS
792
00:38:17,448 --> 00:38:19,482
AND SEEING WHERE THE TRADE FLOWS
IS HONESTLY A WAY
793
00:38:19,482 --> 00:38:22,000
OF CHARTING
DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITY
794
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,793
AND HOW WE'VE GROWN.
795
00:38:23,793 --> 00:38:28,000
Wade:
CAN THE PRECIOUS CARGO THAT SAT
FOR CENTURIES ON THE SEABED
796
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,241
GIVE US MORE PIECES
OF THE PUZZLE?
797
00:38:30,241 --> 00:38:33,793
POTTERY IS ACTUALLY A VERY
USEFUL TOOL IN DATING SHIPWRECKS
798
00:38:33,793 --> 00:38:36,482
BECAUSE ONCE CLAY IS FIRED,
799
00:38:36,482 --> 00:38:39,068
IT BECOMES
NEARLY INDESTRUCTIBLE.
800
00:38:39,068 --> 00:38:42,137
Wade: ONE OF THE CERAMIC PIECES
CARRIES A MAKER'S MARK --
801
00:38:42,137 --> 00:38:45,482
THE ANCIENT EQUIVALENT
OF A "MADE IN CHINA" STAMP --
802
00:38:45,482 --> 00:38:47,482
AND THIS ONE IS FROM A CHINESE
PROVINCE
803
00:38:47,482 --> 00:38:51,655
WHICH ONLY USED THAT NAME
FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,
804
00:38:51,655 --> 00:38:53,206
WHICH GIVES THEM A DATE RANGE
805
00:38:53,206 --> 00:38:55,689
THAT COULD EVEN BE
IN THE 12TH CENTURY.
806
00:38:55,689 --> 00:38:57,034
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
A SHIPWRECK HERE
807
00:38:57,034 --> 00:38:59,206
THAT IS NOT LONG
AFTER THE AGE OF THE VIKINGS.
808
00:38:59,206 --> 00:39:01,137
THIS IS AN IMMENSE FIND
809
00:39:01,137 --> 00:39:04,034
IN THE CONDITION THAT IT WAS IN.
810
00:39:04,034 --> 00:39:06,655
Wade:
IT'S A REMARKABLY RARE FIND.
811
00:39:06,655 --> 00:39:10,551
BUT CAN A NEW KIND OF RADIATION
TECHNOLOGY TELL US MORE?
812
00:39:10,551 --> 00:39:13,586
SCIENTISTS DEVELOPED
THIS X-RAY GUN
813
00:39:13,586 --> 00:39:17,275
THAT CAN USE X-RAY BEAMS
814
00:39:17,275 --> 00:39:21,137
TO DETECT THE CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION OF THE CERAMICS.
815
00:39:21,137 --> 00:39:24,793
WE CAN LOOK AT THE COMPOSITION
OF THE MATERIALS
816
00:39:24,793 --> 00:39:26,965
THAT MAKES UP THE POT ITSELF,
817
00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:29,103
AND WE CAN DATE THAT
AGAINST A DATABASE
818
00:39:29,103 --> 00:39:31,517
OF SOILS AND CLAYS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
819
00:39:31,517 --> 00:39:35,620
AND BE ABLE TO GET AN IDEA
OF WHERE THE POTTERY WAS MADE.
820
00:39:35,620 --> 00:39:39,827
Wade:
X-RAY ANALYSIS OF THE POTTERY
REVEALS SOMETHING REMARKABLE.
821
00:39:39,827 --> 00:39:42,896
THE CERAMICS HAD COME
FROM DIFFERENT PLACES IN CHINA,
822
00:39:42,896 --> 00:39:45,310
HUNDREDS OF MILES APART.
823
00:39:45,310 --> 00:39:47,586
McKay: SO WHAT THESE X-RAY
SIGNATURES HAVE TOLD US
824
00:39:47,586 --> 00:39:50,103
IS THAT THIS SHIP FIRST LOADED
AND PORCELAIN
825
00:39:50,103 --> 00:39:54,068
IN FUZHOU AND THEN MADE ITS WAY
TO QUANZHOU
826
00:39:54,068 --> 00:39:55,620
AND LOADED ANOTHER LOAD
827
00:39:55,620 --> 00:39:58,034
BEFORE HEADING DOWN TOWARDS
INDONESIA.
828
00:39:58,034 --> 00:40:00,827
Clarke: THIS IS A VERY BIG
ECONOMIC UNDERTAKING.
829
00:40:00,827 --> 00:40:03,793
THIS IS NOT A SHIP DOING
A SINGLE PORT TO SINGLE PORT
830
00:40:03,793 --> 00:40:06,655
BECAUSE THERE'D BE NO WAY
IT WOULD CARRY SUCH A CARGO
831
00:40:06,655 --> 00:40:08,137
FOCUSED ON JUST ONE THING
832
00:40:08,137 --> 00:40:10,586
BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE
ECONOMICALLY VIABLE.
833
00:40:10,586 --> 00:40:12,551
AND THIS TELLS US
THE TRADE NETWORK
834
00:40:12,551 --> 00:40:15,000
WASN'T A SERIES OF SMALL BOMBS
835
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,758
BUT ACTUALLY WAS BIG
836
00:40:16,758 --> 00:40:19,965
AND CONSTANT VOYAGES.
837
00:40:19,965 --> 00:40:22,551
Wade: IT'S THE EQUIVALENT
OF A MODERN CARGO SHIP,
838
00:40:22,551 --> 00:40:24,965
BUT 800 YEARS AGO,
839
00:40:24,965 --> 00:40:27,275
AND IT HAD A TRAVELED
AN INCREDIBLE DISTANCE
840
00:40:27,275 --> 00:40:28,758
WHEN IT WENT DOWN.
841
00:40:28,758 --> 00:40:30,758
THE SHIP SANK 2,000 MILES
842
00:40:30,758 --> 00:40:32,517
FROM WHERE IT ORIGINALLY
UNLOADED CARGO.
843
00:40:32,517 --> 00:40:34,793
IN THE 12TH CENTURY,
THAT IS A HUGE DISTANCE.
844
00:40:34,793 --> 00:40:37,448
THAT'S LIKE GOING
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
845
00:40:37,448 --> 00:40:40,000
Elliot: IT SHOWED US SOMETHING
WE DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED,
846
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,827
WHICH IS THIS LONG-RANGE
TRADING NETWORK FROM CHINA.
847
00:40:42,827 --> 00:40:44,379
THIS IS A HUGE BREAKTHROUGH,
848
00:40:44,379 --> 00:40:47,620
SOMETHING
THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE.
849
00:40:47,620 --> 00:40:50,931
Wade: BUT THE MORE WE DISCOVER
ABOUT THIS MYSTERIOUS SHIP,
850
00:40:50,931 --> 00:40:54,931
THE MORE WE REALIZE HOW MUCH
THERE IS STILL TO LEARN ABOUT IT
851
00:40:54,931 --> 00:40:57,034
AND THE WORLD IT CAME FROM.
852
00:40:57,034 --> 00:40:59,724
WHO WERE THESE TRADERS
IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
853
00:40:59,724 --> 00:41:01,827
PUTTING THESE NETWORKS TOGETHER?
854
00:41:01,827 --> 00:41:05,620
McKay: WE MAY KNOW THE AGE
AND WHERE THIS CARGO WAS MADE.
855
00:41:05,620 --> 00:41:07,241
WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW
WHERE IT WAS HEADED
856
00:41:07,241 --> 00:41:08,586
OR EVEN WHERE IT WAS LOADED,
857
00:41:08,586 --> 00:41:11,034
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
YET TO BE ANSWERED.
858
00:41:15,172 --> 00:41:18,241
Wade: SOME PEOPLE SAY
NEVER LOOK BACK,
859
00:41:18,241 --> 00:41:20,206
BUT I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY
BY UNDERSTANDING
860
00:41:20,206 --> 00:41:21,551
WHERE WE'VE COME FROM
861
00:41:21,551 --> 00:41:24,793
THAT WE CAN TRULY LOOK FORWARD.
862
00:41:24,793 --> 00:41:26,931
THERE'S STILL SO MUCH
WE DON'T KNOW
863
00:41:26,931 --> 00:41:31,103
ABOUT WHAT LIES
BENEATH OUR VAST OCEANS.
864
00:41:31,103 --> 00:41:33,758
BUT PERHAPS THE TECHNOLOGY
OF THE FUTURE
865
00:41:33,758 --> 00:41:37,551
WILL FINALLY ANSWER
SOME OF OUR REMAINING QUESTIONS
866
00:41:37,551 --> 00:41:39,413
ABOUT THE PAST.
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