Shipwreck Hunter Unearths Lost History and Treasures: #bestjobever

It’s not often that you see “shipwreck hunter” listed on someone’s business card or résumé, but that is indeed National Geographic grantee David Mearns’s career choice. For him, setting world records and recovering centuries-old treasures is just another day at the office—or ocean, rather.

“I look for shipwrecks for a number of different reasons,” Mearns says. “For archaeology, historical re-creations, insurance purposes, television documentaries, even conducting salvage of the cargoes on board.”

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