The Sea Hunters - Season 2 (2002)

Laden with artistic masterpieces bound for the Russian empress's collection, the Vrouw Maria sank in 1771 and now lies almost perfectly preserved on the Baltic seabed. Working with the Maritime Museum of Finland, the Sea Hunters attempt to answer key questions: Did the paintings survive? And are they salvageable?

Long shrouded in Soviet secrecy, the remains of the German refugee ship Wilhelm Gustloff mark the largest maritime disaster in the history of the world, one that claimed more than 9,000 lives. Diving cold Baltic waters, the Sea Hunters become the first to explore the wreck and reveal their findings to the world.

25 miles off the coast of Poland lie three of the top five worst shipwrecks of all time, all within a few miles of each other. Their stories have never been fully told, but early in 1945 over 15,000 mostly young people lost their lives on these ships while trying to escape from the advancing Russian army. We locate the Goya and dive the Wilhelm Gustloff.

Within a man-made breakwater of derelict ships on Canada's west coast, lies a possible relic from a fascinating era in American history - the rip-roaring time known as prohibition. Join the Sea Hunters as they seek the last resting place of the most famous smuggling ship on the west coast, the fabled, Queen of the Rum Runners, Malahat.