It’s up to 300 locals in the north Atlantic town of Cape Ray to recover a shipwreck that appeared last month
Freezing waves crashed into Shawn Bath and Trevor Croft as they braved the unforgiving swells of the north Atlantic. Snow fell gently as the pair of local residents took turns with a hacksaw: one cutting through the planks of a centuries-old shipwreck while the other kept a close watch on the cresting breakers.
“Each wave lifts you up and can toss you around. And the ship is full of copper, brass and wood spikes sticking up everywhere, so there’s potential for injury,” said Bath, a former urchin diver who, with Croft, runs a local marine cleanup project. “But it’s just super exciting to be a part of the whole thing.” Continue reading…
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