Divers Find 175-Year-Old Sealed Bottles of Champagne in Shipwreck—As Well As This ‘Precious’ Cargo:

Divers Find 175-Year-Old Sealed Bottles of Champagne in Shipwreck—As Well As This ‘Precious’ Cargo:
Divers discovered bottles of champagne in the Baltic Sea. Courtesy of Baltictech
Michael Wing
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It had been almost two hours since the two men dove deep into the Baltic Sea for what had promised to be just a “quick dive”—their mates, who were still aboard the yacht, were now starting to wonder what had happened.

The team of six maritime explorers had initially set sail and headed dozens of miles south of Sweden when their sonar indicator just barely started scratching, a press release from Baltictech Conference stated. The objective of their first dive that day was to explore what was reportedly a sunken fishing boat, but doubts about its existence were soon raised when little was found in the way of wrecks. Little interest remained among the men by the time they surfaced, except in the curious minds of two, Marek Cacaj and Pawel Truszynski, who dove a second time and lingered for longer than expected.

Michael Wing
Michael Wing
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Michael Wing is a writer and editor based in Calgary, Canada, where he was born and educated in the arts. He writes mainly on culture, human interest, and trending news.
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