Diving has Commenced

25/09/2014

The first working dive of the 2014 expedition took place on the Antikythera shipwreck today, with lead divers Alexander Sotiriou and Phil Short laying a mooring line and conducting a metal detector survey.

Phil Short on the Antikythera wreck site.
Phil Short on the Antikythera wreck site. Phil and Alexander Sotiriou spent an hour on the bottom today, diving on closed circuit rebreathers with a helium mix. After today, they’ve probably clocked up more bottom time on the Antikythera shipwreck than anyone else in history.
Conducting a metal detector survey of the Antikythera wreck site.
Conducting a metal detector survey of the Antikythera wreck site.

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A number of interesting targets were located, as well as the retrieval of a small metal object, which may be ancient.

Stay tuned for more…