Galloping Gertie – A Different Kind of "Wreck" Dive

"These days most are aware of the location, identification and recoveries from the Titanic. The Titanic was a large ship but in comparison it would take 5.56 Titanics end for end to occupy the space that Galloping Gertie now occupies.

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Diving into a 72 Year-Old Mystery - An Alpine Lake Finally Gives Up its Secrets

Dan Pontbriand is a very determined man. Some people might even regard him as stubborn. He has a streak of curiosity within him that sometimes….. well, sometimes it just seems to consume him.

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It's dark. It's cold. It's 600ft down in the North Sea. It's possibly the most dangerous working conditions on the planet.

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Gomes, a 52-year-old engineer from Gauteng, had reached a depth the height of the Eiffel Tower, including the aerial on top. Even though he had planned to go to 320m, his 318.25m plunge was still enough to beat Mark Ellyatt's 313m record set in Thailand in 2003.

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