Article: Odyssey's Greg Stemm: salvaging history?(Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc.)(Interview)

In February, Florida-based salvage firm Odyssey Marine Exploration [www.shipwreck.net] announced it had located the wreck of HMS Victory, a 100-gun Royal Navy ship of the line that sank in 1744 during a violent storm in the English Channel. The discovery sparked interest among historians and archaeologists--the vessel was the most advanced warship of her time and took to the bottom Admiral Sir John Balchen and 1,100 crewmen. Yet the possibility the wreck may also hold up to $1 billion in gold and silver has renewed a long-simmering controversy over whether for-profit salvors should be allowed to exploit historically important commercial and military shipwrecks. Odyssey ...

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