Sunken Treasure Discovered on YouTube

"As a kid you want to discover new things and tell people about them.  That was the driving force.  I dreamed of spending the rest of my life exploring the oceans."  SS Amour


When I'm not exploring the oceans, I'm roving YouTube using key words such as Sea Story, Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure, Sea Monster or Sailing Adventure.  It's like hauling a fishing net up from the depths.  Sometimes you catch an old boot, sometimes you dredge up something interesting.  Today I searched YouTube for Sea Stories and set the filters to show new videos, sorted by most viewed.  To my pleasant surprise, I found:

Exploring the Deep Sea for Shipwrecks and Sunken Planes




This video features Steven Saint Amour, a subsea explorer and COO of The Eclipse Group based in Annapolis, Maryland who has been searching for shipwrecks for over 30 years.


Eclipse Services:

• Marine services • Vessel operations and management • Subsea services - ROV operations - Diving operations • Government services • Civil and military air crash investigation • Construction and infrastructure - Survey - Cable and pipeline

Eclipse Accomplishments:


  • 1999 Discovery of the Israeli Submarine INS DAKAR Depth 3,000 meters 
  • 2000 Search and Recovery of H-2 Rocket Depth 3,400 meters 
  • 2000 Search and Recovery of a IAF F-16 Depth 1,400 meters 
  • 2000 Recovery of the INS/DAKAR Coning tower Depth 3,000 meters 
  • 2000 RMS Titanic Inspection Depth 3,700 meters 
  • 2003 Search and Recovery USN SH-60 Helicopter Depth 2,900 meters 
  • 2003 Search and Recovery USN F-14 Tomcat Depth 3,200 meters 
  • 2005 Search and Recovery Tunic ATR-72 Depth 1,450 meters 
  • 2007 Search and Recovery Adam Air, Boeing 737 Depth 1,400 meters 
  • 2009 Search and Recovery Yemeni Air Airbus 310 Depth 1,200 meters 
  • 2010 Search and Inspection AHS CENTUAR Depth 1,200 meters 
  • 2011 Recovery of Air France Flight 447 Depth 3,900 meters 

Find out more on their website: www.eclipse.us.com/


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