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DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S SILVER RUSH: THE GAIRSOPPA RECOVERYLast week Dick Gaetano sent a note about the Discovery Channel program Silver Rush. I wasn't able to get it into last week's issue, but here it is belatedly.
This past summer, Discovery Channel cameras rolled as the world's best-known deep-sea recovery team, Odyssey Marine Exploration (OME), successfully recovered approximately 48 tons of silver bullion from the SS Gairsoppa - making it the deepest and heaviest cargo recovery in history. SILVER RUSH, a new three-part series narrated by Mike Rowe, tells the story of one of the greatest deep-sea treasure quests of all time. The series will take viewers on board Odyssey's flagship, the Odyssey Explorer, as it launches its most audacious operation ever -- locate and excavate three shipwrecks worth as much as a billion dollars all in one season. But will they be able to complete the entire recovery effort in just 90 days before punishing storms roll in? I didn't see the show, but I asked Dick what he thought of it. He writes: It was great. It mentions the WWI and WWII ships and the problems with equipment failure the first time they tried to lift off the deck. The cost of $100,000 a day to rent the ship sure was a factor. I think they will show it again .So sad they lost the Black Swan treasure to Spain. I hope they were paid for that recovery. They are doing a great job in their field.
To read the complete article, see:
Silver Rush
(dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/silver-rush)
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