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Independent deep sea submersible expedition of the Hollander and Lucille (Dive 2).
The Seriphus was a packet ship that disappeared in the Summer of 1854. We discovered it 5,000 meters below a trench in the North Atlantic Ocean, amazingly intact.
Emigrants onboard this ship would have been in tight cabins for the 30 day duration of traveling from Liverpool to New York.
On our first dive, we made a monumental discovery inside the Seriphus.
A large stone sculpture of a human head partially buried below the sea floor. At this time we cannot determine who built it, for what purpose or how it managed to get onboard.
A large stone sculpture of a human head partially buried below the sea floor. At this time we cannot determine who built it, for what purpose or how it managed to get onboard.
When observing the surrounding sea life, we noticed something peculiar. Everything with ocular vision has been impaired by some sort of blindness. None of the sea life outside of the ship have any of these symptoms. We will have to study this in future dives.
Using ground penetrating radar, we are able to confirm that the stone head is not just a head, but is attached to a body buried deep underneath the sand. Similar to the moʻai created by the early Rapa Nui people.
It must weigh at least 1,000 tons!
It must weigh at least 1,000 tons!
We brought back a chest containing cabin logs from a man named Samuel Wyeth. Some of the pages are damaged, but we are able to restore 9 entries that could give us valuable insight into how they managed to carry a 30ft statue onto the Seriphus.
Log 1
Log 2
Log 3
Log 4
Log 5
Log 6
Log 7
Log 8
Log 9
Something has changed. The head is slightly above the sea floor compared to our last expedition dive.
