Like the Hubble before it, the James Webb telescope has given us images of deep space that challenge our view of the universe and our place in it.

Every day we discover new galaxies, stars, and planets.

Some of these discoveries can even exceed our own imaginations.

But we spend so much time exploring the heavens that it's easy to forget about the mysteries

right here at home.

70% of the Earth's surface is water.

Arthur C. Clark famously said,

how inappropriate to call this planet Earth

when it clearly is ocean.

As of 2023, less than 25% of the sea floor has been mapped.

Less than 10% of the ocean has been explored.

In that tiny amount of exploration, we found things that defy logic and challenge history, sunk

in cities, ancient monuments, and objects that look like they're from another world.

The more we explore, the more we learn, we know nothing about what lies beneath the waves.

More people have walked on the moon that have been to the deepest parts of the ocean.

So with all due respect to space, the real final frontier is the sea.

In June 2011,

2011, divers Peter Lindbergh and Dennis Orsberg were treasure hunting in the Gulf of

Bophnia in the Baltic Sea.

Peter had made a name for himself a few years earlier when he discovered a merchant ship that was sunk by German U-boats in World War I.

The wreck was loaded with hundreds of bottles of rare cognac and brandy. The bottles were sold at auction for $20,000 each in today's

money. That was enough of a nest egg for Peter to launch Ocean X, a deep sea exploration company professional treasure hunters.

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