Thursday, October 2, 2014

Return to the Antikythera shipwreck

The Antikthera was a treasure ship which carried bronze and marble full, size statues, and gold jewelry, and coins. They also found a mechanism ancient analog computer. The first trip was in 1900 and they did not discover much because they scuba clothing they had was heavy and not made for that kind of diving. One person died and two were hurt badly on the trip. Then in 1976 another trip was made by Jacques Cousteu. He created new equipment to to help with keeping the divers alive and able to stay at the bottom for a longer time than before. The ship was 135-185 ft. When the explores from 1900 they only were able to discover a little bit of the ship only about 20% was discovered. The next exploration started in September to October. It was led by Theotokis Theodoviou and Aggiliki Simossi. The spot of the ships discovery  is among the most famous of all marine sites. New technology has been created to help make discovering and diving easier. Roberts are one of the new inventions, they create 3D visual maps, and easier ways to read what is under the water. Safer scuba outfits where also created, one was called Exosuit and it can bring humans down 1,000 ft and stay in the bottom for 40 hours. The Sitris was one of the vehicle used underwater to take pictures of the shipwreck. I think that all of this is really cool and it will help people to understand our ocean because it takes up most of the world. The new technology and new scuba suits will  help with that, it will help the divers to stay under the water longer and help to discover new species and help to dive deeper without getting hurt.





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