The Sea Hunters
Season 1
Episodes
1. The Search for the Carpathia
On April 15, 1912, the passenger liner RMS Carpathia bravely raced through ice-choked waters to save the survivors of the Titanic. Sunk by a German U-boat six years later, it might still lie somewhere off the Irish coast.
2. The Princess Sophia Tragedy
3. Steam Ship Atlantic: Death on the Great Lakes
4. Bluenose: The Last Journey
The Bluenose was the crowning achievement of schooner development and her story has been the subject of Canadian song and legend.
5. The Search for the Young Phoenix
Since 1818 she has lain silent, guarding a trove of archaeological treasures – the remnants of the Irish immigrants who had intended to sail her to a new life in a new land.
6. The Southwold: Malta's Lifeline
Malta is an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea and is strategically located at the crossroads of the shipping lanes between Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
7. Minesweeper Eddy: Heroes of the Night
The devastation Malta endured during WWII from Axis mines is well documented.
8. Mary Celeste, Ghost Ship
Join The Sea Hunters as they use sophisticated search equipment to find the last remains of a world famous ghost ship, The Mary Celeste.
9. Leopoldville/Clayoquot: Death on Christmas Eve
December 24, 1944, two U-boats in the Atlantic are still at work late on Christmas Eve. Off the coast of France one sinks the American troop ship Leopoldville sending over 800 GI's to their grave.
10. Runners and Raiders
Scattered on the ocean's bottom, thousands of kilometres apart, lie the remains of three vessels linked by their service to a tragic cause.
11. The Hunley - The First Kill
Two historic shipwrecks, separated by five decades and resting hundreds of kilometers apart, tell the tale of man's newfound ability to strike at his enemies from beneath the sea.
12. The Search for Swissair Flight 111
In 1998, Swiss Air Flight 111 fell from the sky into the North Atlantic, just off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. This tragic event triggered one of the largest and most extensive search and salvage efforts ever undertaken in the world’s oceans.
13. The Search for Andrea Gail
The Andrea Gail disappeared off Sable Island in the North Atlantic, one of the most inhospitable working environments on earth. Her wreck has never been found.