As a species we have always believed ourselves to be the most dominant on the planet,

relentlessly expanding outwards to lay claim to the territories and natural resources we discover.

And yet, over two-thirds of the world remain beyond our reach,

hidden deep beneath seemingly endless stretches of water. What do those depths hold for those in peril? So, So, Perhaps one of humanity's most redeeming qualities is an unrelenting fascination with the mistakes of our past. We pick apart each misadventure and catastrophe

in order to avoid their repetition in the future. In the aftermath of any significant crisis, society demands that the cause of the disaster

be clearly identified, as well as any contributory or aggravating factors.

This is particularly true of tragedies that have historically occurred in a nautical setting.

The harsh and unyielding nature of the oceans have remained unchanged throughout the ages.

No matter what advances in communication technology or fail-safes we have introduced to protect

the sailors who traverse them, these vast bodies of water remain amongst the most dangerous

environments on the planet.

Over time, mistakes of the past have been rectified,

from lighthouses to lifeboats and radio sets to GPS systems.

With every seafaring disaster, shipbuilders have

developed mechanisms in order to prevent such losses from being repeated.

And yet despite their finest efforts, seafaring craft continue to vanish from our seas daily.

Sometimes these tragedies are born of human error in the construction or handling of the vessel. In other instances

the fault lies with the savagery of nature itself from tempestuous weather to natural

disasters but in a small number of cases a cause is never

identified or simply defies explanation. In this series we will examine the disappearances of some infamous vessels and on occasion the crews that inexplicably vanished from them.

We will explore the mysteries surrounding the remains of ships that were located far away from where they should have sunk,

and evidence of alleged cryptids that remain undiscovered beneath the waves.

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