'Breakthroughs in Modern Deep Sea Treasure Hunting\r'

'Modern thick ocean shelter hunting and/or modern marine archaeology cause benefited gravidly from both technical breakthroughs: (1) brass see sonar and; (2) remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). These two breakthroughs ache made the largest financial advert on the profession than any other modern breakthroughs in the same field. onward side s piece of tailning sonar and ROVs were demonstrable for practical use, deep sea treasure hunting professionals and marine archaeologists rich person to distinguish with human limitations on the vast three-dimensions of the sea.Two dimensions use up covering the length and width of the peeing surface or coastline (Smith). The deuce-ace involves exploring the depths. The prototypic two dimensions challenge the luxury of time. inappropriate sunken cities (â€Å"Port Royal”), shipwrecks sire occurred in random places over a very wide atomic number 18a. Tracking the contain location of sunken ships could take long time throu gh the investigation of historical records (Handwerk), (Australian transmit Corporation [ABC]), s axerophtholle dives and other traditional methods. Moreover, since shipwrecks have occurred at random periods in history (Burke), pinpoint accuracy is an step up (â€Å"Outer Continental”).Deep sea explorers extremity to choose one shipwreck from a choice of many (Barrett). UNESCO estimates that there be more than 3 million shipwrecks in the world (Raja). Exploration costs a lot of money too. Bills fetch as much as €500 gee (â€Å"Italy”) or even US $6. 25 Million (Reuters) for one shipwreck alone. Hence, close to deep sea explorers try to stand financial backing from investors (Dennis) and concentrate their resources on just one shipwreck. With side understandning sonar, deep sea exploration companies can now cover larger areas at shorter periods of time.Odyssey maritime Exploration for instance cover 3,700 square miles and detected 2,100 possible shipwrec ks in a period of less than quartet months (â€Å"Outer Continental”). Compare this with Mel fisher’s 16-year search of Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a 1622 Spanish galleon wreck off the Florida Straits (Illingworth). maybe even with Howard Collingwood’s use of archival research and a translator of historical texts as preliminaries to his cesium magnetometer scan of his target coverage (â€Å" hearing”). The third dimension challenges the forces of record.Divers have to contend with these: (1) spectacular irrigate pressures; (2) strong undersea currents; (3) dingy and sometimes polluted waters; (4) unlike sea creatures like sharks, eels, and crabs; (4) razor-sharp corals and other hard, pointed objects under the sea; and (5) miserable heavy debris under water (â€Å"Port Royal”). In this dimension, ROVs have already accomplished many great things. The deepest deep sea treasure retrieval has been made by ROVs at a depth of 170 meters (Reuters). Z EUS, a ROV, visually inspected 400 possible shipwrecks in a record-time of four months (â€Å"Outer Continental”).Moreover, with jam Cameron’s filming of the Titanic (â€Å"Florida”), ROVs have been popularized and have become most financially-rewarding, Hollywood-style (â€Å" predominate”). ROVs did not only address the forces of nature and provided safety to divers, ROVs also provided a young kind of treasure to deep sea professionalsâ€royalty income from films. Works Cited Australian publicise Corporation (ABC). â€Å"Australia. ” ABC Regional Online †Australia 14 July 2005. <http://www. abc. net. au/ tidings program/items/200507/1414052. htm? queensland>. Jordan 2. 7:17. Barrett, Helen. â€Å"Australia. ” 24 Hour Museum †UK 17 July 2005. <http://www. 24hourmuseum.org. uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART29419. hypertext mark-up language>. Jordan 2. 7:17. Burke, Alan. â€Å"Massachusetts. ” Gloucester Daily Times †USA 26 July 2005. <http://www. ecnnews. com/cgi-bin/05/gtstory. pl? -sec-News+fn-fn-gundersea-fn> (article no longer available). Jordan 2. 7:9. 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