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[Jeremy] Will the excavationof a centuries old
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shipwreck reveal a secret
smuggling operation?
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There happens to be about
twice as much money
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on the vessel as
should've been there.
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[Jeremy] When an entire
Russian ecosystem is obliterated,
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could a strange ocean
toxin be to blame?
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Lots of marine wildlife
starts washing up
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on the beaches, dead or sick.
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[Jeremy] And can satellitessolve the 2021 mystery
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of a submarine that plummets
to deadly depths?
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What force could tear a modern
submarine into three pieces?
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[Jeremy] The underwater realmis another dimension.
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It's a physically hostile place,
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where dreams of promise
can sink into darkness.
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I'm Jeremy Wade,
and I'm searching the world
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to bring you the most
iconic and baffling
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underwater mysteries
known to science.
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The vast majority
of our ocean is unobserved,
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unmapped and unexplored.
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[Jeremy] It's a dangerous
frontier that swallows evidence.
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You have nowhere to run.
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[Jeremy] Where unknown is
normal and understanding is rare.
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[eerie music playing]
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The submarine is the ultimate
weapon of modern warfare,
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and right now, there are thought
to be more than 500 manned subs
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in the world's oceans,
ready to launch into battle.
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But when a sub with 53
crew disappears
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without a trace during
peace time, in 2021,
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the international
community is bewildered.
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It quickly becomes a race
against time to find
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the missing vessel and rescue
the crew before it's too late.
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April 21st, 2021.
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A breaking story hits the news.
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A submarine with 53 crew
members on board is missing.
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Attack submarine KRI Nanggala
402 has disappeared
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in waters around 51 nautical
miles north of Bali.
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Indonesian Navy officials
say they lost contact
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with the 200-foot long sub
during a training exercise.
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Its crew made contact
to ask permission
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to execute a dive,
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and then, radio silence.
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Where is the Nanggala?
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[Rob] There's no warin this part of the world,
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so it's unlikely
that the submarine
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would have been
a victim of conflict.
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What happened to the submarine?
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[Jeremy] Withthe world watching,
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a massive search and rescue
operation gets underway.
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A submarine has roughly
three days of air.
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If you still have power, you
can possibly stretch it out
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a bit longer,
but the rule of thumb is,
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"if things go wrong,
lots of things go wrong."
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[Jeremy] The Indonesian Navydeploys five aircraft
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and over 20 ships,
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and they make
a worrying discovery.
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A large oil slicknear the Nanggala's
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last known position.
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[Michael] Oil on the sea
surface is a very bad thing.
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It means oil
in a contained system got out.
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If oil is leaking
out of a submarine,
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that usually means the
pressure hull has been pierced.
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[Jeremy] Does this mysteriousoil slick mean the Nanggala
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is in critical condition?
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If so, how could
the subs fixed steel hull
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who'd been compromised?
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It was constructed
in Germany in the late 1970s.
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Nanggala was an old submarine.
She was due to be replaced.
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Over its long service, the
sub underwent several refits,
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one as recently as 2012.
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The integrity of the hull
was flagged as a concern.
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Submarines lives are
not measured in years,
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it's measured in hull years.
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How many more dives
it can do, and it can take.
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And if a submarine reaches
those number of dives,
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you do not send
that submarine out there.
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Nanggala hadn't reached that
point yet, but she wasn't far off it.
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[Jeremy] The Nanggala is nearthe end of its career,
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but the sub
was still fit for purpose.
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[Alexander] The Indonesianshave a good track record
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when it comes to submarines.
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If they are unserviceable, they don't
send it back in the water till they are.
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[Jeremy] With the Nanggala
missing for 24 hours,
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the international community
rallies to Indonesia's aid,
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launching a large scale search.
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After three days, hopes are
diminishing for the survival of the crew.
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Then, on April 24th,
the Indonesian navy finds
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an array of debris they thinkhas come from the Nanggala.
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Among the objects
is a possible clue.
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A part of the submarine
that is associated
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with the torpedo tubes.
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[Michael] We know it was outon a training mission.
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We know the training mission
was in part for a torpedo practice.
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[Jeremy] Is it possiblethat the Nanggala's explosive
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weaponry is somehow to blame
for its disappearance?
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According to the navy,the Nanggala had requested
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permission to dive
to fire a torpedo
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shortly before contact was lost.
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[Lisa] The last communication
with the Nanggala is at 4:00 a.m.
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This is when the officer
authorized the firing of the torpedo.
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Is it possible that the firing
of the torpedo has somehow
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gone wrong, causing some sort
of catastrophic explosion?
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[Jeremy] If so, it's not the
first time this has happened.
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In 2000, Russian submarine
K141, the Kursk,
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is taking part in
a large-scale naval exercise,
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loaded with a full complement
of combat weapons.
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During preparations to
fire one of their torpedoes,
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fueled by hydrogen peroxide,
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a failure occurs,
causing an explosion.
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[explosion]
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The blast blows a large
hole in the hull,
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killing all but 23
of the 118 people on board.
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[Jeremy] While the Nanggala's
training exercise
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was also using live torpedoes,
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officials don't believe
one went off.
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[Lisa] During such a navaltraining exercise,
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surely ships would have had
hydrophones in the water,
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yet no blast was detected
at the time of the incident.
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[explosion]
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If there was an explosion, it should
have been heard by these hydrophones.
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It's not likely that a faulty
weapon's explosion caused the blast,
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in which case something
else must have happened.
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[Jeremy] Soon after the debris is
found, a search and recovery vessel
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surveys a possible
target on the sea floor.
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An ROV is
sent down to investigate.
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The images instantly confirm
everyone's worst fears.
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[Lisa] The Nanggala is foundat a depth of 2,800 feet,
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which is far deeper
than its maximum safe depth.
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There's no hope
for the 53 crew on board.
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[Jeremy] It's a tragic outcomefor the submariners.
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The only consolation
for their loved ones now
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is to figure out
exactly what went wrong.
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And soon, investigators discover
a disturbing twist to the story.
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The submarine has been
ripped into three pieces.
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What force could tear a modern
submarine into three pieces?
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In April 2021, the Indonesian
submarine Nanggala
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is found on the seabed.
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It's hull ruptured
and broken into three pieces.
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Experts now suspect
that the sub sank to depths
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it wasn't built to withstand,
causing a violent implosion.
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Indonesian officials
are determined to find
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the cause of this catastrophe.
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Was it a technical failure?
Was it nature?
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It's a mystery.
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[Jeremy] There are limits to
what the wreckage can reveal,
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so investigators must
turn elsewhere for clues.
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Satellite data, taken around
the time of the tragedy,
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reveals the presence of a
force under the ocean surface,
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called "internal waves."
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Right around
the time of the tragedy,
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NASA's aqua satellite captures
a ripple in the Lombok strait.
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Could this ripple be
evidence for an internal
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wave occurring
at the exact same time?
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[Jeremy] Internal waves occur where layers
of water with different densities meet.
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As currents
move around the ocean,
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these layers can collide
with geographical features
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on the sea floor,
causing huge waves to form.
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These invisible underwater
waves can measure
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a staggering 500 feet
from peak to trough.
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They are much,
much bigger and much,
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much slower than surface
waves, but they disturb
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the inside of the ocean
as they travel outwards.
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[Jeremy] And some say they'repowerful enough to drag
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a submarine to perilous depths.
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They can travel for miles, and they
can go at speeds of up to five knots.
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You can't see very much
evidence of them on the surface.
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[Jeremy] But how could an
internal wave destroy a submarine?
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The submarine has one job,
which is to stay at the right depth.
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It's very easy to go
sideways in the ocean,
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but up and down is critical.
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[Jeremy] In order to stayat a consistent depth,
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a submarine will adjust
its buoyancy
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depending on the density
of the surrounding water.
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But if an internal wave
envelops the vessel,
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that density
can change in an instant.
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If the water becomes more
dense, it can push the submarine up,
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but if it's suddenly less dense,
the submarine can plummet.
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[Helen] That change of densitycould be enough to adjust
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the submarine's buoyancy
in a way that wasn't expected.
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[Lisa] Without taking some
kind of quick action to mitigate
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the actions of the wave,
a submarine could easily
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be pushed below
its safe operating depth.
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[Jeremy] In June of 2021,the Indonesian government
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abandons plans
to salvage the wreckage.
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They claim the risk
and difficulty of raising it
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from the sea floor
is currently too high.
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So we may need to wait
a little longer to find out
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what really happenedto the Nanggala,
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and if internal waves were the
invisible cause of its destruction.
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Perhaps the truth will be found,
but only at the bottom of the sea.
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[camera shutter clicking]
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China, Russia and the US
are spending big money
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to better understand
internal waves
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and their potential impact
on naval operations.
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While this invisible
phenomenon could be
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responsible for the tragicloss of the Nanggala,
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more evidence is needed
to definitively say
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what forced her to take such
a deep and deadly dive.
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[intense music playing]
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When it comes to merchants
of the high seas,
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no one has been more successful
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than the Dutch East
India Company.
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In the 1700s,
the company was worth
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an estimated $7.9 trillion
in today's money.
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A recently discovered
shipwreck may finally reveal
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a hidden side to the business,
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in which sailors onboard the
ships were smuggling silver
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and playing the markets.
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In 2005, a salvage team
investigates the remains
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of a Dutch merchant ship,
80 feet below the sea surface.
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The Rooswijk was lost off
the southern coast of England.
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On a treacherous ten miles sand
bar called the Goodwin Sands.
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[Alexander] This shipdisappeared.
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It was supposed to be sailing
out to the Dutch Hell Islands
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in South East Asia,
and it turns out it never got
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further
than the English channel.
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[Jeremy] As theyinvestigate the wreck,
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salvagers uncover a hoard
of unexpected riches.
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It's found that the shipwreck
has a cargo of silver,
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which is
obviously highly valuable.
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[Jeremy] They find1,000 silver bars
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and around 36,000 silver
dollars neatly stacked in chests.
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These coins of the infamous
Pieces of Eight,
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so-called because they were
worth eight Spanish reales each.
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[Lisa] One coin is worthabout $100 in today's money.
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That means there's
over $3 million worth.
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The ship was carrying silver
for basic trade purposes.
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The Europeans wanted spices,
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they wanted the porcelains,
they wanted silks.
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Where could you get them?
The Far East.
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[Jeremy] The salvaged silverfrom the Rooswijk
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is handed over
to Dutch authorities.
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But in 2017,
a groundbreaking Dutch
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and English
archaeological project
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revisits the Rooswijk,
in a bid to study
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and preserve the wreck.
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Using state-of-the-art
equipment to survey the site,
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divers make
an unexpected discovery.
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A different type of silver
not previously detected,
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and it's not neatly
stacked in chests,
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but scattered across the site.
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[Beverly] What's unusualis it's actually found
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in individual piles all over.
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[Jeremy] This strange surplussilver doesn't belong
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with the ship's cargo.
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Does analysis of the coins
suggest a secret unofficial
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industry involvingthe Rooswijk crew?
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Who were the men on board? Were
they merchants, or were they smugglers?
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[Jeremy] Archaeologistsexcavating a Dutch shipwreck
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find vast amounts of silver
coins scattered across
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the surrounding seabed
in bizarre clusters.
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The loose piles of money
indicate they were being
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carried by individual sailors
when the ship went down.
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And there's something very
strange about the coins themselves.
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We find coins everywhere,
and when we started
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to prepare these out, we saw
that they were also very different.
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[Jeremy] These don't resemblethe silver found
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in the chest in 2005.
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Bizarrely, many
of them aren't even
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from the samecentury as the Rooswijk.
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These coins turned out
not to be those silver reales.
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[Beverly] Some of the coinsthat they find
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are from the 17th century,
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which is a full century
before the ship takes sail.
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[Jeremy] Even stranger,many of the coins
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have holes drilled through them.
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[Martijn] I'd think those holes
were there to put on a string
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and put it around your neck
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or maybe sewed into your clothes
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so nobody would see that you
did have coins on board of the ship.
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We had never seen that before.
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We had never seen those coins,
with those little holes.
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[Jeremy] Official records showthe Rooswijk should have been
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carrying 300,000 Dutch
guilders' worth of silver.
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Now it's thought the ship was
actually carrying double that amount.
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There happens to be
about twice as much money
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on the vessel
as should have been there.
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[Jeremy] Why was there so muchconcealed silver on board,
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and who was carrying it?
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In 1740, the Rooswijk's
crew are employees
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of the Dutch East India
Company, also known as the VOC.
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Its business is global trade.
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Compared to the world's
wealthiest companies of today,
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the VOC is still the biggest
corporation ever to have existed.
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[Helen] They owned these shipsand shipping routes,
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and the VOC were really
very, very wealthy
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and very, very powerful.
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[Jeremy] Individuals on boardare forbidden from bringing
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their own silver to trade,
but it would have been
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very tempting,
given the high demand
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for the precious metal
in the Dutch East Indies.
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Silver was worth far
more in the East Indies
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than in the Netherlands.
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In some places it's more
valuable than others.
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In the East Indies, it's 30 to 40%
more valuable than in Europe.
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[Jeremy] Anyone making
the trip would be in a position
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to play the market,
buying low and selling high.
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If you didn't get caught,
and made it back
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from the East Indies
with your goods intact,
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you could make
a staggering fortune.
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[Jeremy] The sheer amountof illegitimate coins
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among the wreckage proves
there were smugglers on board
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who hoped to cash in big.
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In 2018, archaeologists
excavate artifacts
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that unveil key details
about the people on board.
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Can any of these objects
tell us who had secret plans
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to play the silver market?
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[Martijn] We have oil lampson board,
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we even found complete wine
bottles, with the corks still on it.
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There's personal items.
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There is a nice writing set.
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There are candles on board.
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It's such a rare find
to see one of these ships.
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We hear about them in history,
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but to actually
see the tangible evidence.
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[Jeremy] Although many are
well preserved, some of the nearly
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300-year-old items
are harder to examine.
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The team
finds giant concretions,
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lumps of artifacts
fused together
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over the centuries
by sediment and iron rust.
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Researchers believe they contain
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more smuggled silver.
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Can x-rays
help the team look inside,
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and uncover the truth aboutthe Rooswijk's smugglers?
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Using these technologies
it could be possible to better
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understand the distribution
of the coins on the ship,
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and by doing that,
we can get a better sense
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of who these people were
and what their story was.
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[Jeremy] The Rooswijk crewrange from high ranking
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officers to deck hands,
and even soldiers.
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Determining who was
carrying the coins
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and who wasn't seems
like an impossible task.
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Can new scientific
techniques identify
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these secret smugglers?
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In 1740, Dutch trade
ship, the Rooswijk,
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sinks just one day
into its journey.
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The team now excavating the ship
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finds human remains
among the artifacts.
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Evidence
of the 237 who perished.
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But it's the strange
silver coins in the wreckage
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that really get their attention,
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and suggest
a secret smuggling plot.
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Who, among the crew,
was on the take?
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Some of the smuggled
coins are bound up
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in large concretions
with other artifacts.
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Breaking them apart
could destroy them,
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so the team uses special
techniques to look inside.
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[Peter] The archaeologistskeep the artifacts
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in special tanks of water.
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They're also using x-ray techniques
to take a look at the artifacts
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without taking them
apart or damaging them.
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[Martijn] We can't start to chisel
a concretion if we don't know
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what's in there, so we really
have to look into the object,
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and only then we can see
that this is a coin,
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the coin is of silver,
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so we have to be very
careful to chisel it out.
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[Jeremy] They discover that
many smuggled silver coins
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are mixed in with personal
accessories like buckles
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and beads and are found
across a wide area.
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[Michael] If the shipwreckis spread out over 600 feet
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on the seabed, you know,
how did they bring it altogether,
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to help it make sense?
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[Jeremy] The excavations give
the team a wealth of information,
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but it's not enough
to identify the smugglers.
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Who exactly were they,
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and how much were they carrying?
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Researchers must
turn to the archives.
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By scouring historical records,
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sometimes you can
find a paper trail.
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[Martijn] All these thingshave a little traces
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to somebody, and that's
exactly what we did.
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With the help of a lot
of people searching
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for those archives.
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[Jeremy] Cross-referencing
the date of the ship's departure
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against bank records,
they uncover evidence
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of large and highly
suspicious loans.
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Daniel Ronzieres,the Rooswijk captain,
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borrows 17,000 Dutch guilders
just before the ship sailed,
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the equivalent
of $200,000 in today's money.
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And he wasn't alone.
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Some normal sailors had quite
a lot of money with them.
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That's how we found out that
there was not just a little bit
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of smuggling money on board,
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there is loads
of smuggling money on board.
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[Jeremy] Working for the VOCwas one of the toughest
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and most
dangerous seafaring jobs.
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Did the rewards outweigh
the risks for the 237 men
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who went down with the Rooswijk?
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[Lisa] If you were caughtwith this silver,
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having it confiscated
would be punishment enough.
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You would return home,
heavily in debt
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and face debtor's
prison or worse.
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[Jeremy] And the wreckof the Rooswijk
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may still have more to tell us.
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[Rob] Archaeologists have
only found the stern of the ship,
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and so a large section
is still unaccounted for.
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Has it been ravaged by the sea?
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Or is it waiting somewhere
out there in the sea floor,
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yet to be discovered?
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Over the centuries,
246 Dutch VOC ships
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have sunk
to the bottom of the sea.
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If silver smuggling
was as rife on these ships
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as researchers now believe,
there could be millions
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of dollars' worth of illicit
treasure hiding in the deep.
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The world's coastlines
are teeming with life,
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with the majority
of ocean creatures
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swimming near our shores.
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People thrive here too
with 40% of the Earth's
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human population living
close to a coast.
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So what happens when
this crowded zone
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becomes a toxic wasteland?
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The Kamchatka peninsula,
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a pristine and remote wilderness
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with towering volcanic peaks
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and dark sweeping beaches.
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Kamchatka's shores
are where eastern Russia
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meets the vast
North Pacific Ocean.
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In September 2020,
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several surfers
are enjoying the waves
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when suddenly they're hit
by a strange sickness.
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Surfers in the water
describe a variety
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of adverse reactions,
including nausea,
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headaches,
and burning and itching eyes.
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[Jeremy] Some report what feellike chemical burns.
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More than 15 surfers
are hospitalized.
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They report the incident
to local authorities,
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but within 24 hours Kamchatka's
waters go from bad to worse.
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Video captured by beach
goers reveals a scene
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of mass death.
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[Helen] Lots of marinewildlife starts washing up
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on the beaches, dead or sick.
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It didn't matter what
level of animal life
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in the sea
you were talking about.
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Everything was dying.
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[Jeremy] Underwater footageshows the sea floor
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is now a marine graveyard.
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Even stranger, some
creatures look like
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they've been boiled alive.
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Scientists estimate
some 95% of sea life
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has been wiped out.
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There's something deadly
in the water here,
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but we don't know what.
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Could this be
a manmade disaster,
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or an act of Mother Nature?
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[Jeremy] As the bizarre
incident gains global attention,
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international observers
suggest there is one culprit
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capable of causing
such widespread death
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and destruction.
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Kamchatka's mighty volcanoes.
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One hypothesis is
that volcanic activity
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could be to blame.
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[Jeremy] Kamchatkahas over 300 volcanoes
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densely packed
across the peninsula.
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Well, over 20 of these
volcanoes are known
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to be active.
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They can erupt
with explosive force,
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but it's the toxic gases they
spew that can be just as deadly.
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Around 20 miles
from Kamchatka beaches,
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Karymsky Lake lies
next to a volcano
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that was once
thought to be extinct.
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But on January 2nd,
1996, the volcano erupts.
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A sulfurous plume rains down,
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transforming the nearby
lake into a toxic soup.
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[Lisa] An ecologicalcatastrophe ensues.
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The water in the lake
becomes extremely acidic.
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All but the most simple
versions of algae
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and bacteria cannot survive
in this environment.
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Everything else dies.
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[Jeremy] But around the time of
Kamchatka's mass sea life deaths,
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there are no reports
of the seismic shockwaves
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that usually
accompany an eruption,
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so volcanic activity
is ruled out as the cause.
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Instead,
Russian officials suggest
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a different natural phenomenon
could be to blame
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for this
bizarre watery disaster.
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Satellite
images reveal a strange
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yellow discoloration
along the coast.
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It prompts Russian
researchers to link
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the catastrophe to a known
ocean killer, algae blooms.
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[Alexander] It's likea cancer of the ocean.
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It sucks up all the oxygen,
all the nutrients.
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It will take over an entire
ocean if it is not controlled.
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[Jeremy] In the US, red tidesravage coastlines each year.
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Blood colored
microorganisms produce toxins
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that accumulate in shellfish,
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00:28:34,767 --> 00:28:39,100
making any creatures that eat
them sick or even worse.
486
00:28:39,133 --> 00:28:42,300
It speeds on through
the chain of marine
487
00:28:42,333 --> 00:28:45,067
ecosystem all the way up.
488
00:28:46,133 --> 00:28:48,200
[Jeremy] Other speciesof blue green algae,
489
00:28:48,233 --> 00:28:49,933
called cyanobacteria,
490
00:28:49,967 --> 00:28:52,300
can also release harmful toxins.
491
00:28:53,867 --> 00:28:57,267
Humans who come into contact
can suffer skin irritation,
492
00:28:57,300 --> 00:28:59,467
fevers and breathing
difficulties,
493
00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:03,433
the same symptoms experienced
by the Kamchatka's surfers.
494
00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:09,067
Did they encounter toxic
algae as it washed ashore?
495
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,633
Some people think that Russian
officials are quite keen
496
00:29:13,667 --> 00:29:15,833
to push this idea
that algae blooms
497
00:29:15,867 --> 00:29:19,533
are to blame in order
to move the attention away
498
00:29:19,567 --> 00:29:21,967
from possible
other reasons for it.
499
00:29:22,067 --> 00:29:26,800
It seems that this might
not be the full story.
500
00:29:26,833 --> 00:29:29,200
[Jeremy] Environmentalscientists conducting
501
00:29:29,233 --> 00:29:33,133
their own separate investigation
find something shocking.
502
00:29:33,167 --> 00:29:36,067
Evidence of industrial
chemicals in the water.
503
00:29:37,333 --> 00:29:40,167
A secret source leads
the scientists to a site
504
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:45,867
near Kamchatka's coast known to
harbor decades old industrial waste.
505
00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:48,167
Could it be that some
of the chemicals that were
506
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:49,967
dumped here 'cause
they were deemed too toxic
507
00:29:50,067 --> 00:29:53,200
for industry are
related to this problem?
508
00:29:53,233 --> 00:29:56,367
[Jeremy] Are thousands of deadsea creatures in fact
509
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,867
the victims of a sinister
manmade disaster?
510
00:30:10,167 --> 00:30:13,367
On the coast where Russia
meets the North Pacific,
511
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:19,500
a deadly poisonous soup has
wiped out 95% of ocean life.
512
00:30:19,533 --> 00:30:23,000
Can water analysis
reveal the identity
513
00:30:23,033 --> 00:30:24,800
of the mysterious killer?
514
00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:31,600
[Lisa] Such a mass die-offof marine creatures
515
00:30:31,633 --> 00:30:35,933
is unusual and strange,
and needs to be investigated.
516
00:30:35,967 --> 00:30:38,933
[Jeremy] Samples from the
ocean reveal concentrations
517
00:30:38,967 --> 00:30:41,567
of several
unexpected toxic agents.
518
00:30:43,267 --> 00:30:48,567
2,4-dichlorophenol is a
compound used in pesticides.
519
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:54,433
Highly corrosive, it causes severe
skin and eye damage in humans.
520
00:30:54,467 --> 00:30:59,500
Another, tetrachloromethane,
banned because of its toxicity,
521
00:30:59,533 --> 00:31:01,633
can cause
liver and kidney failure.
522
00:31:03,100 --> 00:31:05,467
What we're seeing here is
some kind of pollution event.
523
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:08,767
[Jeremy] But wheredid it come from?
524
00:31:10,833 --> 00:31:15,200
Just five miles inland is an
isolated industrial compound
525
00:31:15,233 --> 00:31:18,267
called the Kozelsky
chemical landfill.
526
00:31:18,300 --> 00:31:20,500
For decades the site
has been used to store barrels
527
00:31:20,533 --> 00:31:23,500
of poisonous and hazardous
chemicals in the ground.
528
00:31:23,533 --> 00:31:25,933
[Jeremy] The siteis in a derelict condition.
529
00:31:27,133 --> 00:31:29,867
The chemicals are actually
seeping into the ground water.
530
00:31:31,867 --> 00:31:35,967
[Lisa] If any of these toxic
substances get into the ground water,
531
00:31:36,067 --> 00:31:39,133
it makes sense that they
would flow into the ocean,
532
00:31:39,167 --> 00:31:41,733
right where
this massive die-off occurs.
533
00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:45,100
[Jeremy] Despite evidencelinking the Kozelsky
534
00:31:45,133 --> 00:31:47,767
chemical landfill
to the mass marine deaths,
535
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,333
Russian officials
publicly deny it.
536
00:31:51,967 --> 00:31:55,733
Then, in 2021,
in a strange turn of events,
537
00:31:55,767 --> 00:31:59,067
authorities announce
plans of a cleanup operation.
538
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,900
It seems odd that they would
make plans to clear out
539
00:32:04,933 --> 00:32:10,300
and liquidate this facility
just months after these claims.
540
00:32:10,333 --> 00:32:13,367
[Jeremy] With Russian
officials refusing to admit guilt,
541
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,100
environmentalists are
now closely monitoring
542
00:32:16,133 --> 00:32:17,933
the beaches of Kamchatka,
543
00:32:17,967 --> 00:32:21,400
amidst fears that the toxic
waters could return.
544
00:32:22,967 --> 00:32:25,267
This is a real problem,
545
00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:30,433
because this area is so rich
in the ecological system.
546
00:32:30,467 --> 00:32:33,733
It has some fantastic wildlife.
547
00:32:33,767 --> 00:32:37,167
It's very important that we
need to protect these waters.
548
00:32:42,667 --> 00:32:44,667
[Jeremy] Whether it wasan act of nature
549
00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:48,367
or industrial neglect,
the sea life massacre
550
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,500
along the Kamchatka coast
should serve as a warning.
551
00:32:52,533 --> 00:32:55,400
The world's coastlines
are a turbulent
552
00:32:55,433 --> 00:32:59,433
and blurred boundary
between land and water.
553
00:32:59,467 --> 00:33:03,933
In a place where humans and
ocean creatures must coexist,
554
00:33:03,967 --> 00:33:08,800
where and when will the next
toxic disaster strike?
555
00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:18,600
[intense music playing]
556
00:33:18,633 --> 00:33:21,933
Across the vast blue
expanses of our planet,
557
00:33:21,967 --> 00:33:24,800
there's a bizarre
invasion underway.
558
00:33:24,833 --> 00:33:28,133
Multiplying armies
of jellyfish are taking over
559
00:33:28,167 --> 00:33:30,600
large areas
of the world's oceans
560
00:33:30,633 --> 00:33:33,700
where they've never seen before.
561
00:33:33,733 --> 00:33:36,700
Why are these freakish
gelatinous lifeforms
562
00:33:36,733 --> 00:33:41,633
suddenly dominating our seas
and what could it mean for us?
563
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,600
[Lisa] Jellyfish have beenaround for 500 million years.
564
00:33:51,633 --> 00:33:53,900
They not
only populate our coastlines,
565
00:33:53,933 --> 00:33:56,800
but they've also been
found up to 2.5 miles deep
566
00:33:56,833 --> 00:33:58,067
underneath the ocean.
567
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,400
[Alexander] Jellyfishare freaky.
568
00:34:01,433 --> 00:34:03,900
We have no real
understanding of them.
569
00:34:03,933 --> 00:34:06,500
They have no brain
as far as we can tell.
570
00:34:06,533 --> 00:34:08,933
[Jeremy] They maybe very simple lifeforms,
571
00:34:08,967 --> 00:34:11,367
but venomous tentacles
make jellyfish
572
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,600
some of the most fearsome
underwater inhabitants.
573
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,867
I handled one of the world's
deadliest creatures,
574
00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:22,967
the box jellyfish.
575
00:34:23,067 --> 00:34:26,100
No one should approach
these translucent terrors
576
00:34:26,133 --> 00:34:27,967
without extreme caution.
577
00:34:28,067 --> 00:34:31,267
This one has enough
venom to kill 50 people.
578
00:34:31,300 --> 00:34:33,633
I still can't compute
the deadliness
579
00:34:33,667 --> 00:34:34,867
of the venom of this thing.
580
00:34:34,900 --> 00:34:37,200
This would kill people
in a very, very a short time.
581
00:34:42,333 --> 00:34:46,300
These toxins are found
in a cell that we call
582
00:34:46,333 --> 00:34:49,400
the nomadasis, which are
like little daggers.
583
00:34:49,433 --> 00:34:52,933
As the tentacle
rubs up against you,
584
00:34:52,967 --> 00:34:54,500
it's like a harpoon,
585
00:34:55,700 --> 00:34:58,667
and that injects
a toxin into the victim.
586
00:34:58,700 --> 00:35:01,400
You're in a bad situation there.
587
00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:04,333
[Jeremy] Not all specieshave lethal stinging power,
588
00:35:04,367 --> 00:35:09,066
but in huge numbers they
present a different kind of danger.
589
00:35:09,067 --> 00:35:12,267
Studies now show that some
2,000 different species
590
00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:15,900
of jellyfish are turning up at
unexpected times of the year
591
00:35:15,933 --> 00:35:19,467
in greater volumes than
have ever been seen before.
592
00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:23,667
One of the most bizarre phenomena in
today's natural world are jellyfish swarms.
593
00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:26,700
Increasing jellyfish
numbers around the world
594
00:35:26,733 --> 00:35:30,100
has puzzled
scientists for decades.
595
00:35:30,133 --> 00:35:33,133
[Jeremy] Researchers aren'tsure why this is happening,
596
00:35:33,167 --> 00:35:35,967
but one leading
theory is overfishing...
597
00:35:37,833 --> 00:35:41,967
which has depleted
our oceans worldwide.
598
00:35:42,067 --> 00:35:44,967
[Alexander] With the fish gone, the
jellyfish have access to all the food,
599
00:35:45,067 --> 00:35:49,167
so therefore their numbers
grow exponentially.
600
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,400
[Jeremy] And in a frighteningtwist, this jellyfish plague
601
00:35:52,433 --> 00:35:54,833
is wreaking havoc
on some of the most
602
00:35:54,867 --> 00:35:57,333
dangerous
structures on the planet.
603
00:35:57,367 --> 00:35:58,900
[Michael] Fora non-thinking animal,
604
00:35:58,933 --> 00:36:02,200
to take down
a nuclear power plant...
605
00:36:03,533 --> 00:36:04,833
It's pretty phenomenal.
606
00:36:15,900 --> 00:36:18,600
[Jeremy] Across the world,multiplying armies
607
00:36:18,633 --> 00:36:22,633
of jellyfish are
overwhelming our oceans.
608
00:36:22,667 --> 00:36:26,667
And now they threaten
our coastal infrastructure.
609
00:36:26,700 --> 00:36:31,300
July, 2020, in Israel, workers
mount a massive cleanup
610
00:36:31,333 --> 00:36:35,267
after thousands swarm
a coastal power station.
611
00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:37,467
[Lisa] Video footage fromthe power plant reveals
612
00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:40,300
images of hundreds
of blue jellyfish
613
00:36:40,333 --> 00:36:43,467
being swept down
the chute and into a bin.
614
00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:47,733
[Jeremy] The plant needs a constant
supply of cold sea water to run,
615
00:36:47,767 --> 00:36:49,700
and its complex filter systems
616
00:36:49,733 --> 00:36:51,967
are no match
for the mysterious onslaught
617
00:36:52,067 --> 00:36:56,067
of jellyfish seemingly
intent on shutting it down.
618
00:36:56,100 --> 00:36:58,066
These washed in from
the Mediterranean,
619
00:36:58,067 --> 00:37:01,500
blocking
the critical cooling system.
620
00:37:01,533 --> 00:37:04,300
[Dijanna] If the cooldownsystem goes down,
621
00:37:04,333 --> 00:37:06,567
that means trouble
for the power plant.
622
00:37:07,867 --> 00:37:10,800
[Jeremy] It would be a costlysetback for a coal plant,
623
00:37:10,833 --> 00:37:13,933
but for a nuclear power
station, a jellyfish invasion
624
00:37:13,967 --> 00:37:15,967
has the potential
for catastrophe.
625
00:37:18,667 --> 00:37:21,867
In the last decade, four
countries have been forced
626
00:37:21,900 --> 00:37:26,267
to shut down nuclear plants
because of jellyfish swarms.
627
00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:29,066
Without cold water
to cool their reactors,
628
00:37:29,067 --> 00:37:31,767
meltdown is a real possibility.
629
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,066
Jellyfish can literally take
out a nuclear power plant.
630
00:37:35,067 --> 00:37:37,100
That's crazy.
631
00:37:37,133 --> 00:37:39,833
[Jeremy] Why do thesegelatinous zombie hoards
632
00:37:39,867 --> 00:37:42,933
seem to hone in
on our nuclear reactors?
633
00:37:42,967 --> 00:37:45,300
Is there something in the
water that's attracting them?
634
00:37:46,900 --> 00:37:49,733
What is now known is
that these strange creatures
635
00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:52,900
absorb radioactive
compounds from the ocean.
636
00:37:54,833 --> 00:37:57,600
In 2015, scientists
discovered radiation
637
00:37:57,633 --> 00:38:00,267
in three sets of jellyfish.
638
00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:02,833
Could there be a connection
between radioactivity
639
00:38:02,867 --> 00:38:05,800
and these bizarre
jellyfish invasions?
640
00:38:05,833 --> 00:38:11,100
[Jeremy] Scientists think these ocean
drifters somehow accumulate radionuclides,
641
00:38:11,133 --> 00:38:13,633
radioactive atoms
found in the sea.
642
00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:17,933
When radioactive compounds
accumulate in sea jellies,
643
00:38:17,967 --> 00:38:19,833
we can have
a really big problem.
644
00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:22,400
It's called bioaccumulation.
645
00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:26,600
This contamination can travel
through the entire food chain.
646
00:38:26,633 --> 00:38:31,067
[Alexander] Jellyfish are
the world's filtration system.
647
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:33,433
They go through
the oceans and they pick up
648
00:38:33,467 --> 00:38:35,300
everything that's
flowing through it.
649
00:38:35,333 --> 00:38:38,633
So if the world's oceans
have radiation in them,
650
00:38:38,667 --> 00:38:39,733
they're gonna pick it up.
651
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,067
[Jeremy] Could thisradioactivity be affecting
652
00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:45,633
jellyfish evolution?
653
00:38:45,667 --> 00:38:47,867
Scientists are now
finding that jellyfish
654
00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:50,133
all over the world
are getting bigger.
655
00:38:52,533 --> 00:38:55,867
Over the last four years,
the shores of Japan
656
00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:59,200
have been invaded by
the giant nomura jellyfish.
657
00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:03,167
Growing to more
than six feet in diameter
658
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,066
and reaching over
400 pounds in weight,
659
00:39:06,067 --> 00:39:08,233
they are truly gargantuan.
660
00:39:09,433 --> 00:39:12,100
[Alexander] In 2009,a Japanese fishing trawler
661
00:39:12,133 --> 00:39:15,633
was sunk by giant
nomura jellyfish.
662
00:39:15,667 --> 00:39:17,500
They were the size of cars,
663
00:39:17,533 --> 00:39:20,567
and they were hundreds,
if not thousands of them,
664
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,100
all around the trawler,
overwhelming it.
665
00:39:24,133 --> 00:39:25,900
[Jeremy] To limitthe destruction
666
00:39:25,933 --> 00:39:27,767
caused by
these enormous creatures,
667
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:32,233
scientists are desperately trying
to predict where swarms will occur.
668
00:39:32,267 --> 00:39:34,100
[Alexander] The problemreally, with jellyfish,
669
00:39:34,133 --> 00:39:35,767
is that they appear
out of the blue,
670
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,767
and we can't really predict
671
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,800
when they're gonna come, or
where they're going to come.
672
00:39:40,833 --> 00:39:43,267
[Jeremy] Scientists knowthat overfished areas
673
00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:44,833
of the ocean allow jellyfish
674
00:39:44,867 --> 00:39:47,633
to thrive and multiply,
but they might be even
675
00:39:47,667 --> 00:39:51,333
stranger forces driving them
towards our coastlines.
676
00:39:51,367 --> 00:39:54,567
Jellyfish swarms could
be controlled by the moon.
677
00:39:55,867 --> 00:39:59,333
In 2016, a research
scientist makes inroads
678
00:39:59,367 --> 00:40:02,767
into why and where
jellyfish blooms may occur.
679
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,900
He finds that they maybe
connected to the lunar cycle.
680
00:40:07,233 --> 00:40:09,567
[Jeremy] Data showsthat big swarms occur
681
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,633
in the days before
and during a full moon,
682
00:40:12,667 --> 00:40:15,000
but we have no idea why.
683
00:40:15,033 --> 00:40:19,333
We do know many other animals,
including to an extent humans,
684
00:40:19,367 --> 00:40:23,100
are impacted by the lunar
gravitational fields.
685
00:40:26,233 --> 00:40:28,700
[Jeremy] There's no obviousway to fight back
686
00:40:28,733 --> 00:40:31,733
against this sinister
wave of slime.
687
00:40:31,767 --> 00:40:34,600
In fact, it's thought
that as the world's human
688
00:40:34,633 --> 00:40:37,900
population increases,
so will the environmental
689
00:40:37,933 --> 00:40:40,633
conditions that favor jellyfish.
690
00:40:40,667 --> 00:40:43,133
But we don't have enough
historical data
691
00:40:43,167 --> 00:40:46,000
to determine if this
is a natural fluctuation
692
00:40:46,033 --> 00:40:48,967
or if the jellyfish
army is here to stay.
693
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,933
New species of jellyfish
are discovered every year.
694
00:40:52,967 --> 00:40:56,933
They are on our coastlines,
they're 2.5 miles down
695
00:40:56,967 --> 00:40:59,000
in our oceans,
they're everywhere.
696
00:40:59,033 --> 00:41:00,433
They seem to be evolving,
697
00:41:00,467 --> 00:41:02,433
and more seem
to be coming about.
698
00:41:02,467 --> 00:41:04,867
What's the next chapter
in the evolution
699
00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:08,500
of this resilient and
long-living type of species?
700
00:41:10,367 --> 00:41:12,800
[Jeremy] In a finalterrifying twist,
701
00:41:12,833 --> 00:41:15,367
it's now thought
that our gelatinous adversary
702
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:20,200
has the ultimate weapon
in its arsenal... immortality.
703
00:41:20,233 --> 00:41:22,467
Humans have
very clear age-limits,
704
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:25,267
because our cells begin
to regenerate slower,
705
00:41:25,300 --> 00:41:28,066
and we lose our ability
to grow new tissue
706
00:41:28,067 --> 00:41:30,066
in the way
we would when we're babies.
707
00:41:30,067 --> 00:41:31,600
Jellyfish, on the other hand,
708
00:41:31,633 --> 00:41:34,733
don't have those mechanisms,
so some people theorize
709
00:41:34,767 --> 00:41:36,700
they might be
able to live forever.
710
00:41:36,733 --> 00:41:38,900
[Alexander] We reallydon't understand them.
711
00:41:38,933 --> 00:41:42,633
They could be the key
to unlocking eternal life.
712
00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:44,067
We don't know.
713
00:41:50,067 --> 00:41:54,733
The rise of the jellyfish shows
no signs of slowing down.
714
00:41:54,767 --> 00:41:57,400
Experts now think
that within 40 years,
715
00:41:57,433 --> 00:42:01,700
they'll be the dominant species
in many marine ecosystems.
716
00:42:01,733 --> 00:42:03,833
Unless we find a way to stop it,
717
00:42:03,867 --> 00:42:06,900
this spineless invader
is in line to become
718
00:42:06,933 --> 00:42:09,500
the new King of the Ocean.
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