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LakeSuperiorView

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8. At that depth, it's safe from divers. But not ROVs or submarines.

Reply to JayhawkSD (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:47 AM

Oct 2018

The deepest divers are military and it's classified how low the can go. The biggest danger to this wreck is well funded treasure hunters using ROVs to go after artifacts.

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