2002
Near the center of The Lynn Canal in Alaska - a team of shipwreck hunters employ the latest sophisticated equipment to uncover the story of probably the most tragic shipwreck of the Pacific Northwest: the Princess Sophia. Join the Sea Hunters as they explore the final resting place of one of North America's most controversial sinkings: the Princess Sophia.
2002
At the base of the Great Lakes, near the center of Lake Erie, the sinking of the steamer Atlantic attracted international attention. She tragically sank not far from a small town, Port Dover, in Ontario, Canada. In 1853, one of the world's first submarines explored the site, but was lost and never recovered, thus creating one of the richest maritime heritage sites in North America.
2002
Somewhere beneath the unpredictable waters of Lake Erie lies a mysterious shipwreck sunk by a storm almost 200 years ago. Since 1818, she has lain silent - guarding a trove of archaeological treasures - the remnants of the Irish immigrants who had intended to sail her to a new life in a new land.
2002
Malta is an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea and is strategically located at the cross roads of the shipping lanes between Europe, Africa and the Middle East. During World War II, the lifeline for the island nation of Malta were convoys protected by a small fleet of warships. Without this protection Malta could have been starved into surrender.
2002
Just off the coast of the mysterious Caribbean island of Haiti, one of the poorest places on earth, Sea Hunters explores a conch shell-covered reef that could contain the last remains of the world's most famous ghost ship, the Mary Celeste. No story of the sea has fired the imagination like that of the brigantine Mary Celeste.
2002
In 1944, the Leopoldville set out from England with 2,200 troops to shore up Allied forces after the Battle of the Bulge. The Clayoquot sailed from Nova Scotia, protecting a convoy with a similar mission. An ocean apart, both ships fell victim to torpedoes on Christmas Eve. The Sea Hunters explore their remains.
2002
During the American Civil War, the Confederacy commissioned ships specifically designed to beat the Union blockade of Southern ports. The Sea Hunters look for examples of this evolution in naval warfare: the Nola and Mary Celestia, blockade runners built for speed, and the Alabama, the Confederacy's deadliest raider.