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Britannic Gallery

001 Britannic Courtesy of Ken Marschall

002 Britannic

003 Britannic

004 Britannic view from about 200 ft from surface, the top side of the wreck is 100 ft below the camera .

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2006 002 Every piece of equipment needed to be shipped in as there are no dive shops or liveaboard opeartions available that can handle this expedtion.

2006 003 It took 3 days to convert this greek fishing boat into a technical dive platform and included making platforms to be able to climb over the railing, dressing benchs and a ladder.

2006 005 Emergency bailout only for TWO divers!

2006 007 John Chatterton and I prebreathing our rebreathers in prepartion for my first dive.

2006 009 CGI of our intended path through the boilers.

2006 009a side by side comparison of CGI view and actual footage of the path between the boilers inside boiler room 6 at 370 ft inside Britannic

2006 010 Britannic section thru of boiler rooms

2006 Dr DeNoble conducting post dive doppler tests on Carl Spencer

2006 Dr DeNoble conducting post dive doppler tests on Eduardo Pavio

2009 000 Our Dive platform the CmDt Forcualt

2009 001 view dive operations on Britannic, the Island of Kea is 3 miles in the background.

2009 002 The gas requirements for a expedtion dive program for ten divers can be staggering.

2009 003 Richie Stevenson and I mix, anlyze and properly label each cylinder.

2009 003a Each team member triple checks and lables his own gasses each and every dive day.

2009 004 All bottom divers are assited in kitting up to reduce thermal stress, and for another set of eyes to go over all connections and fittings. Here Jarrod Jablonski helps me kitt up.

2009 005 Preparing my CCR for the dive.

2009 006 Mentally preparing for the dive.

2009 007 Trying to keep cool pre-dive in the hot Mediteranian sun.

2009 008 Me being lowered into water by lift.

2009 009 On my way.

2009 010 Once lowered into the water you are towed to the deco station and descent line.

2009 011 Support team on RIB and in water above down line and deco station.

2009 012 All artifacts lay untouched as the wreck is a protected site. Courtesy Leigh Bishop

2009 013 Even after 100 years undwerwater the anerobic enviroment and depth has protected the interior structure. Courtesy Leigh Bishop

2009 014 Interior Britannic courtesy Leigh Bishop

2009 015 All efforts should be made to reduce all possible stress factors on divers after making such a deep dive.

2009 016 Me being recovered post dive.

2009 017 Explorer Club team members, Leigh Bishop, Casey McKinley and Jarrod Jablonsski

2009 019 In memorium for my friend and mentor Carl Spencer who tragically died while exploring Britannic on this expedtion.

2009 020 Carl Spencer

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