1 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,560 I was out with my good mates at one of their fishing spots, 2 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,600 way off the northwest coast of Australia. 3 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,600 And there was this one random spot in the middle of nowhere, 4 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,320 just teeming with marine life, which made us really curious. 5 00:00:32,480 --> 00:00:35,960 I had an underwater camera, and I lowered it to the sea-floor. 6 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,720 When we checked the footage, I absolutely lost my mind. 7 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,280 The camera had perfectly followed the mast of a shipwreck. 8 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,360 So, I've come back with my diving mates to take a closer look. 9 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:58,360 Andre, Nush, Ryan, and Captain Ash. 10 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,080 Yeah, this is the spot, Ash. 11 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:07,640 I'll pull up. 12 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:16,040 So, we've come back here today to jump in together and have a closer look 13 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,920 and see if we can uncover what this thing really is. 14 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,880 Such a small area in the ocean. 15 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:24,120 It's a complete desert out here, and for you to just drop that camera 16 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:25,800 -straight on the wreck. -I know. 17 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,360 This is so exciting, Johnny. I can't wait to get in there. 18 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:29,480 Me too. 19 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:34,280 Okay. 20 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,320 There's something so special about diving an unknown shipwreck. 21 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:58,120 You know that, probably, the last people that saw this ship 22 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:59,880 were the people that went down on it. 23 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,440 Just love the mystery that surrounds a shipwreck. 24 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,080 They are like an underwater time capsule. 25 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:20,280 So finding this wreck has just sparked this burning curiosity inside of me. 26 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,600 Just to figure out what ship this is and why it sank. 27 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,120 It's insane, mate. 28 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,920 Really? What'd you see? 29 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,880 Bits of timber. Big ribs coming up. Johnny was swimming in amongst the ribs. 30 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,840 -Wow. -Sharks swimming under it. 31 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:48,360 The biggest buzz. Everything there is just on steroids. 32 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,040 Wow. Can't wait to see the footage. 33 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,680 It's such a big wreck. It's so much to look at. 34 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:57,120 -That thing is huge. -True. 35 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,200 Yeah, that was awesome. 36 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,800 Yeah, we've got a bit of a job ahead of us. I think. 37 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,840 I can't wait to look at the footage tonight. 38 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:04,160 Yeah, definitely. 39 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,440 I just wanna get back there again. 40 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,360 The Western Australian coastline spans 41 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,680 more than 20,000 kilometres. 42 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:17,640 A vast and treacherous stretch of ocean 43 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,120 that has deceived even the most experienced sea captains. 44 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,720 A graveyard for more than 16 hundred vessels 45 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,840 and a keeper of lost stories and dark secrets. 46 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,440 The shipwreck hunters are on an adventure of a lifetime. 47 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:45,200 People say that shipwreck fever, it's a bit like gold fever. 48 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,800 To unravel a gripping maritime mystery… 49 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,040 Seeing something on the sea-floor that no one else has seen 50 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:53,840 and trying to piece it all together. 51 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,760 …in one of the planet's last marine frontiers. 52 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,480 It's an unknown shipwreck in a wild, wild place. 53 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,360 Fremantle, Western Australia. 54 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:43,240 A modern shipping hub, 55 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,080 and for centuries, a safe haven for seafarers from across the world. 56 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,920 It's also the base for a team of shipwreck hunters with a mystery to solve. 57 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:54,560 What do you reckon that is? 58 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,240 It looks like a windlass to me. 59 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:00,040 Like, one of the big deck winches that they'd pull the anchors in and out of. 60 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,800 You can definitely see masts. 61 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:03,640 -So it's some sort of sailing ship. -I know. 62 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,520 And it's like 60 to 70 metres long. 63 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:06,880 -That's a massive ship. -It is. 64 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,080 I wonder how long it's been down there, you know? 65 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,720 It's just this magnet for so much marine life. 66 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,960 Looking at the ribs, and even the mast, 67 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:15,640 you can see some of it's corroded. 68 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,360 So it looks like it's made of steel. 69 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,000 Yeah, steel ships with sails. 70 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,480 -So, that helps us, right? -Yes, true. 71 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,960 But there's so many shipwrecks on the WA coast. 72 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,480 It's gonna be quite hard to narrow down what exactly this ship might be. 73 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,360 It gives us, like, a really rough age. 74 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,840 But, um, it's a bit of a detective trail, you know? 75 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,680 Well, is there any other cool pictures in here 76 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,760 -that we can relate to? -There you go. Look at that. 77 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:38,160 This one here. This one was built in 1887. 78 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,320 And just, like, loosely, like, from what we've seen, you know... 79 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:42,800 We've got a big steel hull. 80 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,760 -We've got these big masts like that. -Yeah. 81 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:46,800 -It could be something like that, so… -Wow. 82 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,000 Such beautiful ships. 83 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,240 -Look at that. -They are. 84 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,200 I've just become absolutely obsessed with this ship. 85 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:53,360 Like, I just need to know what it is. 86 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,520 -It gets you hooked. It really does. -Yeah. 87 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,680 For years, this fearless group of ocean-loving friends have explored 88 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,000 the waters off Western Australia's coast. 89 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,720 We've all got this amazing passion for adventure. 90 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,680 The ocean really is our work. 91 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,720 It's our life. It's our... It's our everything. 92 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:19,680 Our team's called Terra Australis, 93 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,840 and we specialise in underwater cinematography. 94 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,760 But more than that, we're just a bunch of best friends 95 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:27,440 that love diving and exploring the coastline. 96 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:29,960 We are highly trained, 97 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,360 so we've got a lot of confidence in each other. 98 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:35,960 We've got an amazing team of professional divers. 99 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,640 We go where other people would be pretty scared to go. 100 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,640 We just love ships. It's the chase. Solve that mystery. 101 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,760 So, something that really hooks me into shipwrecks 102 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:52,840 is the stories that haven't been told. 103 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,360 This mystery wreck has really got under my skin. 104 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,360 I've spent a lot of late nights up till two o'clock in the morning 105 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,920 going through old documents, trying to uncover some clues. 106 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,520 I've got a really good hunch of what I think it might be. 107 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,200 But I've got no concrete evidence that it's actually that ship yet. 108 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,640 After reporting the find to the Western Australian Museum, 109 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,720 Johnny and the team are keen to see if the experts can help 110 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,320 fill in the missing pieces of their shipwreck puzzle. 111 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:34,160 My gut feeling is that it is something of historical significance. 112 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,600 It's a big wreck. You know, we've had a quick, sort of, look over it. 113 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:41,400 Um, but I really don't know. It's quite hard to identify a shipwreck. 114 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:43,080 So coming here to the experts, 115 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,960 hopefully, we can really pinpoint what this ship is. 116 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,560 I'm feeling really excited, but I'm also a bit nervous as well. 117 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,440 You know, we've got big dreams for this shipwreck. 118 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,880 So, hopefully, we can work together on this 119 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,400 and uncover what wreck it actually is. 120 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,160 The WA Museum is home 121 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:04,240 to one of the world's most respected maritime archaeology departments. 122 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:05,360 Hey, guys. 123 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:06,560 -Good day. -How you going? 124 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:07,640 -Hey, I'm Johnny. -Hi. 125 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,080 Johnny, Ross. Nice to meet you. And this is Deb. 126 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:11,160 Good day, Deb. 127 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:12,640 -Hi, nice to meet you. -You too. 128 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,880 I hear you've got something pretty interesting to show us. 129 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,520 We do. We've got something pretty epic to show you guys. 130 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:25,200 Maritime archaeologists Dr Ross Anderson and Dr Deb Shefi 131 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,200 are trained to identify and manage historic shipwrecks. 132 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,960 Was there any signs of engine or anything like that, propellers or... 133 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:38,560 No, we didn't see anything like that. We just saw a lot of big structure. 134 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,160 A lot of wreckage that's sort of broken up. 135 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,440 And, yeah, just those big mast-looking structures. 136 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:45,560 Yeah. 137 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:47,160 And what depth are we talking about? 138 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,640 It's between about 33 and 36 metres. 139 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,040 So, there's a lot of water there? 140 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:53,280 -Yes. -Yeah. 141 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,520 -It's incredible. -Yeah, I've never seen anything like it. 142 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,600 Certainly a new wreck. We don't have a record of this one… 143 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:01,000 -Wow. -…in this area. So… 144 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,560 -Awesome. -It's a new discovery! 145 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:04,160 That's good. 146 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:05,080 Yeah. 147 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,800 If it's iron or steel, as it appears to be, 148 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:11,400 it's going to be mid to late 19th century to 20th century. 149 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:14,120 So, this could be over a hundred years old? 150 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:15,680 Potentially, yeah. Definitely. 151 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,040 -That's awesome. -Wow. That's so exciting. 152 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,200 Well, I'm really keen to see exactly where you found this site. 153 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:22,320 We'll have a look at the maps. 154 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,080 -Yeah, sounds awesome. -Sounds good. 155 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:28,760 Okay, yeah, so northwest of Australia, Dampier Archipelago, 156 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,800 and then from Legendre Island here, 157 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:34,120 you just go out to open ocean, out to around here. 158 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:35,520 And yeah, that's where the wreck is. 159 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,960 Well, this is a really tricky part of the coast. 160 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,760 One of the areas with the most number of Category 3 cyclones. 161 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:41,840 -Wow. -Really? 162 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:43,640 So, it's a real danger zone. 163 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:44,880 That's crazy. 164 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,520 So, yeah, there's a lot of shipping activity going on through here 165 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,800 with pearling, early mining activities. 166 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,040 So, that's a pretty interesting area. 167 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:53,200 -Yeah. Wow. -Definitely. 168 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,680 And given that there's... You know, where it is, we... 169 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,560 There's no reef, no land anywhere close. 170 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,480 So, you know, maybe it was a storm that took it. 171 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:05,240 Well, from everything you've shown us, this looks like a really great discovery. 172 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,840 So, you know, we want to go and have a look at it. 173 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:08,760 Yeah. 174 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,760 We always do that with the reporters at site. 175 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,040 We'll have to start getting into gear and planning a trip. 176 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:14,600 -Yeah. -Wow. Sounds awesome. 177 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:17,200 Our dive gear's already in the car, mate. 178 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:18,280 So, whenever you're ready. 179 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,080 You guys like sharks? 'Cause there's a lot of sharks there. 180 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:22,680 Who doesn't love a good shark underwater? 181 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:24,040 -Good. -Depends on what sort. 182 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:25,120 -Yeah. -All right. 183 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,560 All right. Well, it sounds like we need to get our gear ready, 184 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,640 our boats ready, and get ready for a mission. 185 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,240 -Woo-hoo! Can't wait! -Yeah! 186 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,120 Bring it on, mate. Bring it on. 187 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,960 With Ross and Deb on board to hopefully identify the wreck, 188 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,800 Johnny, Andre, Nush and Ryan prepare their underwater cameras 189 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:53,400 and specialist dive gear. 190 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,480 Really pumped for this opportunity to dive the wreck site. 191 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:58,960 First time was a real quick dip. We didn't get to see much. 192 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,160 This time we've got all the tech. Great dive gear. 193 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,920 It's gonna give us a really good opportunity to identify the ship. 194 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:13,520 The team will fly to the mining town of Karratha. 195 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,760 They'll meet Captain Ash in the nearby industrial port of Dampier 196 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,840 for the 65-kilometre voyage northeast to the wreck site. 197 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:33,720 About to pick up the crew. 198 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,840 Yeah, I'm pretty excited about this expedition. 199 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,240 It's pretty rare to be able to find a shipwreck in the middle of nowhere. 200 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,080 There she is. The mighty Optimus. 201 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,280 All right. Come on, guys. Let's go get it. 202 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:49,360 -Hi, Ash. -Hey, mate. 203 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:50,720 Hey, mate. How are you? 204 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,200 Mate. 205 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,240 With the crew safely on board the expedition vessel, the Kuri Pearl II… 206 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:08,520 All clear, buddy. 207 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:09,600 Thanks, skip. 208 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,440 …Ross has an incredible image of the wreck site to show the team. 209 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,760 The WA Museum commissioned a multibeam echo sounder survey. 210 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:22,760 This is a sonar map of what the sea bed looks like right over the wreck. 211 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:24,760 -Incredible! -Amazing. 212 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:25,960 -Have a look. -And yeah, 213 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,080 I've never seen anything like this one. 214 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,040 A multibeam echo sounder uses sound waves 215 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,200 to generate a picture of the sea-floor. 216 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,000 Looks like this is the hull. 217 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,080 There's obviously some masts here, so it's a large sailing ship. 218 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,440 It's about 70 metres long. 219 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,720 If it's 70 metres that way, it must be about 50 that way, as well. 220 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,400 So, that's a massive site, isn't it? 221 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:49,920 -That's right, yeah. -Yeah. 222 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,720 And Johnny has some exciting news from the archives. 223 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:54,760 Guys, I've been doing a lot of research. 224 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:56,360 A lot of research. 225 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:02,160 And, um, I'm pretty convinced that it is this. 226 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,600 It's the Glenbank. 227 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:05,240 -Wow! -My God. 228 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:06,320 That fits the bill. 229 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,080 This ship went down in this area during a cyclone. 1911. 230 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,280 -And still no one's found it? -No one's found it. No. 231 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:14,880 -My God. This is so crazy. -Wow. 232 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,200 -It looks so similar. -Yeah, yeah. It does. 233 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:18,560 Could be the one. 234 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,560 Although these latest developments 235 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,000 are pointing towards a ship called Glenbank… 236 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,920 These are beautiful drawings. 237 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,320 …diagnostic artefacts from the wreck site 238 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,760 that can be directly linked to the sailing ship 239 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,080 will deliver a definitive conclusion. 240 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,520 These were kind of like the bread and butter of world trade 241 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,040 much of the 19th and into the 20th centuries. 242 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,160 Roughly the equivalent of our bulk carriers that we see today. 243 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,120 This was just all cargo space in the ship. 244 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,520 How many crew would normally be on these ships? 245 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,680 Probably around between 15 and 20. 246 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:51,600 -Wow. -Yeah. 247 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:53,800 -So, they really would have to work hard? -That's right. 248 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:59,360 Glenbank was a 73-metre steel barque registered in Finland. 249 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:05,880 In October 1910, the ship sailed 16,000 kilometres from Argentina 250 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,840 to collect 2,000 tons of copper ore 251 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,880 from the tiny Western Australian port of Balla Balla. 252 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:20,400 The advent of electricity saw the demand for copper wiring skyrocket. 253 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:26,320 Bags of West Australian copper ore were transported across the globe 254 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,320 in ships like Glenbank. 255 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,080 Once fully loaded, 256 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:36,000 Glenbank was to sail 21,000 kilometres to the United Kingdom. 257 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:46,280 Today, some of the world's biggest bulk carriers still come to the Pilbara region 258 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,120 to load up with precious Western Australian metals. 259 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,680 It's like a highway for big ships. That's how busy it gets. 260 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,400 So, I have to stick to the highways. 261 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,240 And once I'm through there, then I can adjust course. 262 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,800 It's very exciting to be coming out here 263 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,160 and do this dive and see the wreck for the first time. 264 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,000 The team that we're working with, 265 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,840 they're all commercial divers and professional filmmakers. 266 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:27,200 So that's really gonna be a massive benefit to the recording of the site. 267 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,800 This day and age, we know the best thing for the site is to preserve it in situ. 268 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,400 So, we don't, as archaeologists, just excavate everything 269 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:35,560 and bring it up to the surface. 270 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,080 We just like to record what's there. 271 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,600 I'm so excited to get down on the wreck with Deb and Ross. 272 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:43,920 They're going to see it in such different eyes to us. 273 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,560 And I think that they're going to be able 274 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,120 to really help us piece together the puzzle. 275 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,760 We just really wanna find out what this wreck is 276 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,080 and just get behind the story of why it wrecked out there. 277 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:55,760 Whale! 278 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:13,600 A lot of these shipwrecks up here have been taken by cyclones. 279 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,000 250 kilometre an hour winds. 280 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,640 So, it's pretty dangerous. Especially if you're on the water. 281 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:26,880 Just adjust course here, otherwise we will become a shipwreck victim ourselves. 282 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,920 For us, this is about as exciting as a dive can get. 283 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,720 It's an unknown shipwreck in a wild, wild place full of wildlife. 284 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:43,400 The spectacular Dampier Archipelago is a network 285 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,040 of more than 40 uninhabited islands 286 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,920 in one of the most biodiverse marine habitats on the planet. 287 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,480 Home to bottlenose dolphins, green turtles, 288 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,360 and a haven for migrating humpback whales. 289 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,440 It's been a lot of work to get to this stage, 290 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,840 a lot of research and a lot of planning from everyone on our team. 291 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,520 After a four-hour journey in perfect conditions, 292 00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:11,640 they've arrived at the wreck site. 293 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,680 It will be a bit tricky to anchor on the wreck. 294 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,600 Yeah, I don't wanna damage the shipwreck at all. 295 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,560 Captain Ash wants to position the mother ship 296 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,720 as close as possible to the wreck. 297 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:26,280 So, we'll drop the anchor about 50 metres away from the ship 298 00:17:26,360 --> 00:17:28,960 and just drift back on top of the shipwreck. 299 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,680 Where is it now, Dre? Which direction? 300 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,760 -Straight out the front. -Righto. 301 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:39,840 So excited to get down there. 302 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:40,920 Yeah, mate. It's awesome. 303 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,720 We're pretty much smack in the middle of it. 304 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:47,800 -All right! -All right. Shot line's going in. 305 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,240 The wreck is more than 70 metres in length 306 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,360 and sitting at a depth of 36 metres, 307 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,080 an equivalent height of an 11-storey building. 308 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,920 A shot line will guide the dive team to and from the site. 309 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,040 Still nice, hey, even with that swing of the wind. 310 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:11,000 The pressure at this depth means the team can only dive 311 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,800 in five-minute blocks. 312 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,000 We've separated into two teams, 313 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:19,120 and that will allow us to dive safely and also do multiple dives in the day. 314 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,080 Andre is trained to use specialist rebreather gear, 315 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,360 so he can go on every dive with much shorter breaks. 316 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:28,880 Recycles your breath. 317 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,280 So you breathe out, it goes into the machine, 318 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:34,960 removes your carbon dioxide and then adds O2. 319 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,160 So we'll have underwater communication today. 320 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,880 So the people on the surface will be able to hear what the divers are talking about, 321 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,880 and the divers will be able to talk between themselves as well. 322 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,640 Hello. Testing. You got me in there? 323 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,160 One, two. One, two. 324 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:49,240 Yeehaw, grandma. 325 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,600 All right. Well, we're all here together for our first dive on this wreck. 326 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,280 So, as far as having just a good plan of attack, 327 00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:59,640 we'll try and focus on what looks like the bow area here. 328 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,280 Maybe have four of us go in to start with. 329 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:04,840 People on film and doing some measurements, 330 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:06,720 and then three to follow. 331 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,360 Our aim is to look for things that will help us identify the site. 332 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,240 You see something, try and take a visual. Get it on film so that we can look. 333 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,600 You know, come back and look and see whether or not if it's diagnostic, 334 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:21,160 or if it's something that we feel should be raised to have a closer look. 335 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,120 So, in this case, vision really is the treasure for us. 336 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,000 And just remember, I mean, there is a potential for this site 337 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,000 to have human remains on it, if anyone was trapped in the hull. 338 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,560 So, it is a grave-site. Just keep that in mind. 339 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,800 Nush, Johnny, Andre and Ross are up first. 340 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:40,960 So tight, hey? 341 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,640 At this depth, there's a risk of nitrogen narcosis, 342 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:04,200 which hinders brain function… 343 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,240 while returning to the surface too quickly can cause the bends. 344 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:12,520 That is potentially fatal. 345 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,200 -Time check. -11:48. 346 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,240 11:48. Divers left surface. 347 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,840 Dive time's super-limited. We're trying to execute the plan, 348 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,200 but if anything went wrong or something was a little amiss, 349 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,520 we're always gonna come back to the top, because there's no wreck worth dying for. 350 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:32,240 Topside. Johnny, you got a copy? 351 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,040 It just makes me jealous. 352 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:14,280 This shipwreck is a thriving marine habitat teeming with sharks. 353 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,640 The largest species can grow up to five metres. 354 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,520 The bow is of particular interest for us as maritime archaeologists 355 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,960 because it gives us a chance of measuring the stem post. 356 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,760 And that will give an indication, really, of the size of the ship. 357 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,000 And then we also wanna try and measure the angle 358 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:42,280 at which the ship is keeling over to see how collapsed is the site itself 359 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:46,520 and better understand how the ship has made it to the bottom of the ocean. 360 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,120 Ash, if you were going to jump in the water, 361 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,120 where would you wanna have a look around today? 362 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,520 The stern, where the captain and the hierarchy used to live. 363 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:55,920 All their quarters is up there? 364 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,720 Yeah. There'll be navigational equipment there. 365 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,880 There'll be beautiful, you know... There'll be a sextant. 366 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:03,560 There'll be brass objects, like the bell, which would be great. 367 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:05,320 Especially if it's got the name written on it. 368 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,360 Roger. Coming up on the umbilical. 369 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,840 It's really cool down there, but, yeah, you've got a couple of minutes 370 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,800 and you've got to come back up from the depth. 371 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,720 It's really hard to look for artefacts when it's such a big site. 372 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,040 As we landed right on the bow, so… 373 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:45,320 And there was a beautiful, big bow triangle just lying on its side, 374 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,800 so the big clipper bow of the vessel there. 375 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:48,880 Yeah, it was magnificent. 376 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,880 Bow measurements can reveal the size, type and era of a ship. 377 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,920 Up next are Deb, Ryan and Andre. 378 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:01,880 I think this dive, our second dive, 379 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,080 it'd still be good to go and have a look a bit more around this bow area, 380 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,400 try and work out what's going on with the structure a bit more. 381 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,480 This is a very handy slate. 382 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,680 It essentially is an underwater notebook where I can flip up the pages, 383 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,360 write notes to my dive buddy. 384 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,760 So I've drawn the site plan to try and help me orientate underwater, 385 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,600 as well as mark any objects or interesting features 386 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,160 which we might find on site. 387 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,880 What's going on there, Ry-Dog? What are you seeing? 388 00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:59,800 -We're up! -Right there. 389 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,040 When can we go back in? 390 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,040 That was a ripper day. 391 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:10,440 We all had a good dive. We all had a good look at the wreck. 392 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,920 I don't think I'm gonna sleep much tonight. I'm pretty excited. 393 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,840 Yeah, I'm getting a full, good understanding of the site now. 394 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,400 I'm getting a massive visual in my head, and I can kind of, um... 395 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,600 kind of know where I'm going now, which is quite cool. 396 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:23,560 End of diving day one, 397 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,640 and we focused our attention on the bow section of the ship. 398 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:31,200 And right now we can narrow down the identity of the potential wreck, 399 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,960 just based on the measurements we've taken thus far. 400 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,400 But we need to find a few more things 401 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,680 to help us really nail an identity on the head. 402 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,240 With mounting evidence pointing towards Glenbank, 403 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:46,840 Johnny's diving into his research 404 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,560 for a clearer picture of the ship's final moments. 405 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,800 Captain Moberg and his young Finnish crew were anchored close to shore 406 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,880 with a deadly cyclone bearing down on them. 407 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:02,560 By 3:00 p.m., things were getting really bad, 408 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:07,040 and the captain's made the decision to head out to open water, 409 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:10,960 because if he didn't, then the Glenbank would have definitely been wrecked 410 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,280 -on shore there. -Absolutely. 411 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:14,680 With no time to secure the load, 412 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,160 Captain Moberg headed for the open ocean. 413 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,240 Once at sea, the heavy copper ore shifted in the horrific storm, 414 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,320 and Glenbank soon capsized. 415 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,480 He must have had a lot of faith in the Glenbank as a ship 416 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,360 to head out into open water when a storm's approaching. 417 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,240 Well, maybe he hadn't experienced a true cyclone or typhoon… 418 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:39,280 …because, mate, it's horrendous. 419 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:41,440 I've been through three cyclones. 420 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,040 One of them at sea, but a really low Category 1, 421 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:45,640 and it's horrific. 422 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,080 Even my skipper at the time said it was, like, 423 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,640 twice as bad as the Southern Ocean in a roaring gale. 424 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,080 -You're kidding. Wow. -Yeah. 425 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,120 -And that was a Category 2 cyclone. -Yeah. 426 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,440 The Glenbank captain, in hindsight, he would've said, 427 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,400 "Well, I should've just let it wreck on the rocks, 428 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,760 -and then the crew would've been safe." -Yeah. 429 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:16,280 The next day, the hunt for artefacts to identify the ship moves 430 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:18,320 to a different part of the wreck. 431 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,480 Today, I wanna target around the most forward mast. 432 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,080 That's where the ship's bell was, so we'll be concentrating on that a lot. 433 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:30,480 There might be some other artefacts around there that can really pinpoint it. 434 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,960 But it would be really exciting and really awesome 435 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,200 if we can find something beautiful like that. 436 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,400 I think this dive, go and have a look a bit more around this midships area. 437 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,920 See if there's any remains of the cargo or something diagnostic, 438 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,640 um, bit of information about what's down here. What do you think? 439 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:47,960 -Sounds awesome. -Yeah. 440 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,360 I mean, just from that first dive, 441 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,920 we reckon that there's quite a bit still buried on-site. 442 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,040 -So... -Yeah. 443 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:56,760 The midsection of the ship is the widest and deepest area of the hull. 444 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,520 It could hold artefacts that could be directly linked to Glenbank. 445 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,360 Surface to divers. Comms check. 446 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,760 The first job for Johnny is to move the shot line 447 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:26,720 from the bow to the midship area. 448 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,440 Surface to divers. Do you copy? Over. 449 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,280 Hey, Ryno? 450 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:37,920 Can hear them. 451 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,640 With communications down, 452 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:46,000 36 metres below the surface, Johnny signals there's something wrong. 453 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,120 Andre takes over moving the shot line. 454 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,840 Johnny needs to surface. 455 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:23,920 Johnny! Up! 456 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,160 Got 'em. Divers on the surface. 457 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,000 Coming up! 458 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:56,720 You all right? 459 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,120 Yeah, I'm fine. I just felt... I didn't feel great on the dive. 460 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:01,880 I was narced on that dive. I was off my head. 461 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,480 -Really? -That's why I was holding on to the rope. 462 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:06,160 Why don't you sit? 463 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,440 We'll get your kit off, and then we'll grab the rest of the stuff. 464 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,360 Breathing in nitrogen gases at pressure 465 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,880 can confuse and disorientate a diver. 466 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,640 It's got the bailout. 467 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,080 I felt a bit average on that dive, to be honest. 468 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,720 I, um, might've gone down a bit too quick or something. 469 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:28,000 And, um, we were trying to move something, so I might've been breathing a bit heavy, 470 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,400 and I think I had a bit of nitrogen narcosis. 471 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:32,640 And I just felt a bit uncomfortable. 472 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,880 The weights are still back there, right? 473 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,040 Weights are there, but that's all right. We'll get 'em. 474 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:38,120 Yeah, get 'em later. Yeah. 475 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,120 For Johnny, it's a devastating blow. 476 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,000 After months of research and planning, 477 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,640 he's made the tough decision to sit out his ultimate shipwreck dive. 478 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,040 -Let's do it. -Go. 479 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:03,160 To be on the safe side, I'm just gonna be on the panel for this one. 480 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:04,640 Just supervise the other guys. 481 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,080 For this dive, they'll be starting around midships. 482 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,040 Still looking for any identifiable artefacts, 483 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,800 you know, pieces of the copper ore that it was carrying 484 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,240 or anything else that can, yeah, really lock in that it's the Glenbank. 485 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,480 Yeah, right. If you guys locate anything down there, 486 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,800 just get lots of footage for us so we can have a look, please. 487 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,480 Looking forward to getting you back on deck, mate. 488 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,040 I've got some footage here, and this is the shot. 489 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,400 So, there's Nushie pointing at it. 490 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:40,200 But you guys, with your trained eyes, you'll know if it's copper ore or not. 491 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,000 It could also just be a rock, but I'm hoping that's what it was. 492 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:44,880 I'll look. It's certainly worth a look. 493 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,920 -Dre, you think you can take us there? -Yeah. I know exactly where it is, so, um… 494 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,200 So let's go and get it. 495 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:55,880 Copper ore will be definitive evidence that the wreck is Glenbank. 496 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:00,640 Go get 'em, Deb. 497 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,920 Wow. 498 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,000 There's actually quite a bit in there. 499 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,000 -Yeah. -Wow. 500 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,880 Nice. 501 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,360 -Awesome. -You guys wanna see what we found? 502 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:15,440 -Yeah. -Yes! 503 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,040 This is all thanks to Nush. I have to say. 504 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,840 -I can see little traces of green on it. -Wow. 505 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:22,680 Yeah. It does have a bit of green on there. 506 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,760 -That's the copper in there. -Yeah. 507 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:26,880 These all came from the same site. 508 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,240 I think this was the one that I first saw. 509 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:30,760 And it was just so dark, 510 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,360 and it didn't look similar colour to anything really around it. 511 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,840 When you first get down there, you've probably got the best eyes 512 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,800 in terms of things that are gonna stand out. 513 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,280 It just really stood out to me. 514 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,160 Ross, in terms of our mystery, 515 00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:45,320 do you think that these samples would be definitely identified as the Glenbank? 516 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,960 Yeah, I think this is just the cherry on the top, that we've got these samples. 517 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,680 So we know this ship's 73-metres long, the same as the Glenbank. 518 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,760 We know the Glenbank was lost off Legendre Island, where this site is. 519 00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:58,480 And we've got the samples of copper ore. 520 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:00,840 -So, yeah, there's no doubt about it. -It's the Glenbank. 521 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,640 -Cool. -! So good! 522 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:05,680 -Go, Johnny. Go, Johnny! -Whoo! 523 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,960 Love this ship. 524 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:09,040 It's in my heart. 525 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:10,800 It's a pretty huge moment for you, mate. 526 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,320 It is, bro. Yeah, it is. Um… 527 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,120 Yeah, it's awesome. So happy. 528 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,600 And, yes, this ship has kept me up a lot of nights, 529 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:21,840 but I'm... I'm glad that we can share this beautiful story 530 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,640 with the whole world now, really. 531 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:36,080 It's an incredible moment, discovering and identifying a shipwreck. 532 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,480 In the 21st century, 533 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:41,320 with all the technology, we still find these virgin wrecks. 534 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,120 It's just unbelievable. 535 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,400 The next day, the team gets Johnny back in the water, 536 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,800 after his brush with nitrogen narcosis. 537 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,360 And the curious local marine life come to say hello. 538 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,800 My God. 539 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:35,480 That was actually the best ocean experience ever. 540 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,480 What an awesome last dive on the Glenbank. 541 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,000 I know. It was like everything came to say goodbye. 542 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,440 Right. It's special. 543 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,120 Well, Johnny boy. 544 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,200 -What a send-off. -It's your shipwreck. 545 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,280 -Woo-hoo! -Yay! 546 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:57,120 -All right. -It's so good. So good. 547 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,600 Yes! Kings of the earth. 548 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,200 With the ship formally identified, 549 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,040 Johnny's been sharing more riveting details 550 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,040 of the Glenbank tragedy with the team. 551 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:21,520 -Remarkably, one sailor survived. -His name was Antti Ketola. 552 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,840 I really like this article here. 553 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:29,800 It's from the Perth Daily News, February 21st, 1911. 554 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:33,720 And it describes Antti, the sole survivor of the Glenbank, really well. 555 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:39,600 And, um, it says he was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Finn 556 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,400 who looked a bit like a modern-day Viking at the time. 557 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:43,840 That's what they thought. 558 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,560 A big reason why he survived was because he was one of the brave ones 559 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:51,560 that climbed up the main mast to unfurl the sails. 560 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,440 And that's when the ship went over. 561 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:56,080 When a ship like that goes over, you don't wanna be on the deck 562 00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:58,920 where there's all these heavy things and rigging and stuff like that. 563 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,520 -Caught up in the rig... Right. -Yeah. 564 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:04,240 So, Johnny, once Antti hit the water, what happened to him then? 565 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,960 He was actually flung away from the ship, 566 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,400 which, you know, was actually a good thing. 567 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,920 He saw the Glenbank turn upside down. 568 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,400 And it was upside down with the keel facing up to the sky 569 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:17,480 for a couple of minutes 570 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,480 -before it sank down to the bottom. -Wow. 571 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,800 A lot of poor sailors probably would've been stuck within the wreckage. 572 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,800 Others would've probably made it out, 573 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:29,600 but then they had the cyclone and the seas to fight against. 574 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:31,360 Well, there was one crazy story 575 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,680 where he said he could hear voices all around him. 576 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:35,600 -Yeah. -That's what it says here. It says, 577 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:38,240 "Ketola went on to say that in five minutes more, 578 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,440 he rose on top of another mountainous wave, 579 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,840 and he could see a portion of the ship. 580 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:44,040 There was no men visible, 581 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,920 but the sea around him seemed to be alive with voices." 582 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,760 Other mentions there where he could hear 'em, 583 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:50,680 and then the next minute, he couldn't hear 'em. 584 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:51,760 And he had a dog there, 585 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,040 and the next minute it, like, yelps and disappears. 586 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:58,320 With his 19 crew members swallowed up by the raging sea, 587 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:03,120 Antti was all alone, 35 kilometres from mainland Australia. 588 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:07,120 I think about half an hour later, after the dog's gone missing, 589 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,120 he's, he's heard a rush of water behind him, 590 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,840 and he's turned around, and there's a shark with its mouth open, 591 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:14,640 trying to... trying to have a go at him. 592 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:17,640 And he's ended up wrestling with this shark for... Yeah. 593 00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:21,080 With a knife, I think. It's just like a boot knife or something. 594 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,920 Yeah, he had his sailor's knife that he was stabbing the shark with. 595 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,680 -That's so crazy. -That's so heavy. That's so heavy. 596 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,240 You can imagine what the seas would've been like, 597 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:31,840 and just staying above water would be really hard. 598 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:32,840 -Yeah. -And at night. 599 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:33,800 Yes, at night. 600 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:37,680 Like, trying to fight off a shark in a storm at night with a small knife. 601 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:41,160 The 23-year-old Finn drifted all night, 602 00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:43,640 clinging to an oar for 15 kilometres. 603 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:53,080 Early the next morning, Antti washed up on Legendre Island. 604 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:57,480 It said he was washed up on the most eastern end of Legendre, 605 00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,360 and it was on a very small beach. 606 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,480 So this is the most eastern end here. 607 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,000 I think that's where he was. 608 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:07,280 The waves washed him onto a reef, which is probably this Legendre Reef. 609 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,720 Imagine if his knife was there that he fended off the sharks. 610 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,160 With his name inscribed into it. 611 00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:14,040 Antti Ketola. I would lose my mind. 612 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:15,280 My gosh. Same. 613 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,000 More than a hundred years later, 614 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,840 Johnny and the team are retracing Antti's journey. 615 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,920 So I'm just walking the shores of Legendre Island 616 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,280 where Antti Ketola was stranded for three days. 617 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:56,680 And, um, it is really, really desolate. 618 00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:59,680 There is just no one but us in sight. 619 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:04,520 There's plenty of sea-life, but there's no fresh water in sight. 620 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,560 And, yeah, it's pretty desolate. 621 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:22,600 So, this is the beach, Johnny? 622 00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:26,240 Yeah, this is where Antti washed up from the Glenbank, 623 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:27,920 eight miles out that way. 624 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,320 Washed up from the cyclone. 625 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,440 He got smashed into that reef up there. 626 00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:33,520 He was all lacerated and cut. 627 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,680 He survived here for three days in the middle of summer, 628 00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:38,600 and he was that exhausted that he was having... 629 00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:40,640 He was falling in and out of consciousness. 630 00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:43,960 He would've been so delirious and so dehydrated, 631 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:48,640 because up here, at that time of year, it must have been 45 degrees, almost. 632 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:50,280 Nushie, this is obviously a turtle track. 633 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:51,680 He would've seen this, 634 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,320 and that would've been an indication of a food source for him. 635 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,000 Yeah. It's pretty horrible to think about, 636 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:57,960 but at the same time, when you've got no other food, 637 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,400 you would've had a really good feed off a whole turtle. 638 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,720 I think fresh water would be the hardest thing to find out here. 639 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,600 Well, there is little wells up there, 640 00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:08,520 but they dried up pretty quick with the summer heat. 641 00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,200 He kept seeing ships pass by. 642 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,280 There was pearling luggers working around here, 643 00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:15,680 and he was trying to wave them down, but they couldn't see him. 644 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,200 So, he's headed out to the end of the island, 645 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,440 and he swam across this channel to the other island. 646 00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:24,320 Three days after surviving a deadly shipwreck, 647 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,560 Antti was rescued by a passing pearl lugger. 648 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,080 It's an amazing landscape, 649 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:32,560 and you can see how brutal and hard it would've been to survive here, 650 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,040 especially after the ordeal he's gone through. 651 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:40,520 It's... It's just such an incredible story of survival and a testament to human will. 652 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:42,680 It's... It's... Yeah, it gives me chills being here. 653 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:43,760 It's really amazing. 654 00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:14,200 -That was one off-the-hook trip. -Yeah. 655 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:18,200 It's just such a exciting feeling to have found something 656 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:21,920 that's been laying at the bottom of the ocean for 110 years. 657 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,720 Feel like this story sort of slipped through history, you know? 658 00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:34,080 Back in Fremantle, 659 00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:37,280 Johnny spent weeks researching what happened to Antti Ketola 660 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:39,880 after his shipwreck ordeal in 1911. 661 00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:44,560 -Hey, mate. -Brother, how you doing? 662 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:45,800 -Good. How are you? -Good. 663 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,080 I've got some pretty epic stuff to show ya. 664 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:52,280 I've been digging through police reports, old ships' logs, old newspapers, 665 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:56,240 and I've gone down a rabbit hole trying to piece together the story 666 00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,120 that's taken me all over the world. 667 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,920 And that's what made me come across this book. 668 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:04,760 It has a story about Antti Ketola in it, crazily enough. 669 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:09,200 Was published in 1913, two years after the wreck, 670 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:11,560 and it's even got a photo of him. 671 00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:15,160 -This... Yeah. So, that's Antti there. -! Yeah. 672 00:45:15,240 --> 00:45:18,840 Antti Ketola, whose remarkable story is here told. 673 00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:20,120 Wow. 674 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:22,360 Look at that! 675 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:26,280 That's Antti just fending off a huge shark in cyclonic waters. 676 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:28,440 It's epic, isn't it? That's not it. 677 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:30,120 What do you mean? There's more? 678 00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:31,240 There is. There is. 679 00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:33,440 I've managed to track down his grandkid. 680 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:34,520 -What? -Yeah. 681 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:37,360 -That's huge! -I know. 682 00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,000 And we're gonna talk to him today. 683 00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:41,400 -Are you serious? -I'm serious. 684 00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:42,920 My God! 685 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,360 And they have no idea that we've found the wreck. 686 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:51,160 In the small town of Ilmajoki, Finland, 687 00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:55,680 is the grandson of Antti Ketola, 84-year-old Matti. 688 00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:58,360 G'day. 689 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,680 I'm Johnny, and this is Ryan. 690 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:02,400 Really nice to meet you guys. 691 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:06,200 Nice to meet you, and good morning from Finland. 692 00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:08,840 This is Matti here, and I'm Marjatta. 693 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:12,280 What do you remember about your grandfather, Matti? 694 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:20,440 He said that very little. 695 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:27,880 He was very hard-working man, and he was a farmer here. 696 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:30,760 But they really don't know... don't know anything else. 697 00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:34,640 Do you know anything about Antti surviving the shipwreck? 698 00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:42,440 Whenever he lived here in Finland, 699 00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:46,000 there were no stories about it, and he never talked about it. 700 00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:50,800 So, it's been totally hidden, what has happened to Antti. 701 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:52,560 -That's incredible. -Wow. 702 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:56,040 But we are very much willing to know what you have to share. 703 00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:59,280 And his story of survival is quite incredible. 704 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:04,560 His ship was caught in a terrible cyclone, and he was the only survivor. 705 00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:10,080 And he managed to swim a great distance in terrible, terrible conditions, 706 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:11,800 and he made it to an island. 707 00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:15,040 Where the ship capsized, it's very remote. 708 00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:20,680 We were very lucky to locate the ship that your grandfather survived. 709 00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:25,040 It... It... It feels really remarkable. 710 00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:28,360 We're about to show you the area where it was wrecked, 711 00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:29,920 and you'll see the Glenbank. 712 00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:31,800 Really? 713 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:37,680 I'll just play the video now. So... 714 00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:41,560 That's a surprise. That was really a surprise. 715 00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:44,360 -This is us descending down the rope. -Yeah. 716 00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:47,720 It's in... It's in 36 metres of water, and... 717 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,160 Here you can see the first part of the wreck. 718 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:53,840 It's in the middle of the ocean. 719 00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:58,160 There's fish all on the sea-floor, but also on the surface as well. 720 00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:04,760 So... 721 00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:07,880 So, that's... that's really... really amazing. 722 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:12,200 He said that you've done amazing work. 723 00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:13,800 Thank you very much. 724 00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:20,560 So, from now on, the story is gonna live in the family. 725 00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:24,080 All the children and grandchildren will know about it. 726 00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,120 We can teach Matti how to dive, 727 00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:29,200 and then he can come and dive the shipwreck with us, if he wants. 728 00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:34,840 He said he... He don't know how to swim too well. 729 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:38,440 Yeah. 730 00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:40,440 It was great talking to you both, 731 00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:44,360 and, um, we're... we're really happy we could share such an amazing story. 732 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:47,280 This has been... 733 00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:51,280 He's very pleased, and very happy to… chatting with you. 734 00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:53,080 -Thank you so much. -Thanks. Bye. 735 00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:54,640 -Bye, bye. Bye. -Bye. 736 00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:59,720 It's been one hell of a journey. 737 00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:02,160 It has. It's been the journey of a lifetime, mate. 738 00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:03,880 And we've all done amazingly well. 739 00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:05,960 -So, yeah, congrats to you, brother. -Yeah, cheers, brother. 740 00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:07,600 -Cheers, bro. -You did a good job. 741 00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:12,040 Glenbank, where 19 sailors lost their lives, 742 00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:15,320 is now a protected heritage wreck site. 743 00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:21,280 More than a century after it went down, the ship is teeming with life. 744 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:26,760 Cheers to the captain and the crew. 745 00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:28,840 -Captain and the crew! -Yeah. 746 00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:33,160 -Now that's nice. -Tastes like seawater. 747 00:49:33,240 --> 00:49:37,680 It's really good to finally, um, confirm that it is the Glenbank. 748 00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:41,000 You know, we all had a bit of doubt that maybe it's another ship, 749 00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,920 but, you know, Johnny was pretty sure it might have been the Glenbank. 750 00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:47,200 So it's a pretty good feeling. Yeah, that's for sure. 751 00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:53,160 I really hold this ship and its crew really close to my heart. 752 00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:56,480 It was an untold story until we took this journey. 753 00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,760 We've been working together as a team for a long time, 754 00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:03,640 and to be able to live such a beautiful story of this big, old ship, 755 00:50:03,720 --> 00:50:06,360 I feel so proud for what our team's done. 756 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:10,480 There's still so many out there to find here in Western Australia, 757 00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:13,960 so we're really keen to get out there and see if we can find some more.