What is the best way to search and locate an old wood shipwreck about a mile deep in the ocean?

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What is the best way to search and locate an old wood shipwreck about a mile deep in the ocean?

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Last updated Nov 08 2023.
Originally posted Oct 11 2023 6:43 PM.

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demurechicky

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From what I've read, submersibles, micrrobes forming a reef around the wreck, or landsat are several options.

Ernest Shackleton's wooden ship which sank in 1915 was discovered by using a submersible...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ernest-shackleton-ship-discovery-antarctic-explorer-history-180979702/

Oct 15 2023, 3:14 AM

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Other options would be using acoustic imaging systems like side-scan sonar, sub-bottom profilers and magnetometers.

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/23/7849

Nov 08 2023, 1:07 PM

What is the best way to search and locate an old wood shipwreck about a mile deep in the ocean?

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