Sub
Sea Research Team Plans for Excavation of Ancient Shipwreck Sites Discovered Off
Haiti's Coastline
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Sub Sea Research team recently discovered eight ancient shipwrecks off the
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coast of Haiti and has received approval from the Haitian government to recover
and conserve the finds. Most of the artifacts will go to the Shipwreck Institute
of Maine. Fifty percent of the monetary value of the shipwreck treasure will go
to the government of Haiti. Portland,
ME (PRWEB) June 13, 2005 -- Greg Brooks and John Hardy of the Sub Sea Research
team have recently made eight ancient shipwreck discoveries off the coast of Haiti
and have recently received approval from the Haitian government to recover and
conserve the finds. The team is excited to begin excavation and have the opportunity
to provide historical artifacts and shipwreck treasure as well as revenue to Haiti. The
sites had been initially assessed for further identification and dating, and the
Haitian government has recently approved Brooks' outline for recovery and conservation
of their finds. Representatives of the government of Haiti will be transporting
some of the already recovered artifacts to Boston for further identification. Brooks
says excavation of the eight shipwreck sites will start at the end of June. Once
the shipwrecks have been recovered, much of the artifacts and treasure will be
brought to Maine for conservation and restoration. Most of the artifacts will
go to a Portland museum, the Shipwreck Institute of Maine (also known as the "Musearium"). Fifty
percent of the monetary value of the shipwreck treasure found at the sites will
go to the government of Haiti, and the other half will go to Sub Sea Research.
The company reinvests much of the money earned from these excavations into future
shipwreck projects. They also donate some of the money to numerous charities in
Haiti and the United States. Brooks
says that being able to work with the government of Haiti to conduct this research
and excavation is an accomplishment in itself. “We have learned from experience
that locating and discovering an interesting site and actually getting the right
to recover it are two very separate issues,” Brooks notes. But
the relationship that Sub Sea Research has established and maintained with the
Haitian government (despite Haiti's recent political turmoil) has proved to be
beneficial to both the company and the people of Haiti. “Everyone recognized
the long-term benefit that this project could bring,” Brooks says. “Many
times I wondered if after all this we would be allowed to continue. But in the
end, our genuine interest and the truth won out, so we succeeded in reaffirming
with the new leaders that our goals were for the benefit of the people of Haiti,
and that the rest of the world needed to see something historically rewarding
recovered from Haiti.” The
company has two arrests pending and is awaiting permission to excavate in some
areas of U.S. waters. Brooks says he has several deeper water sites that remain
"under review" along Florida's coast, including an alleged French merchant
ship. Physical inspections and identification operations are underway and have
been approved by U.S. federal agencies. While
the Florida site remains pending, Sub Sea Research will get ready to sail back
to Haiti at the end of June to excavate and recover the findings at the several
discovered shipwreck sites. Once the sites have been excavated and recovered,
Sub Sea Research will begin preserving the artifacts and documenting the maritime
history of the country. About
Sub Sea Research LLC
Sub Sea Research LLC is a privately held limited liability
corporation based in Portland, Maine. Founded in 1984 by Greg and Kathy Brooks
and joined by Lois and John Hardy as principal partners in 1993, the company has
achieved a continued steady success rate in locating and recovering researched
historic shipwrecks worldwide and continues to develop the Shipwreck Institute
of Maine Project, as well as a planned maritime museum in Haiti. For more information,
visit www.subsearesearch.com. Contact:
Greg
Brooks
Sub Sea Research
440 Commercial St.
Portland, ME 04101
Phone/Fax:
207-879-1758
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Web: http://subsearesearch.com
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