Episode 2: Training

Into the Depths

National Geographic

Science, History

4.6 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts meets Ken Stewart, the co-founder of Diving With a Purpose (DWP), she’s moved by his near 20-year mission to find the Spanish pirate ship Guerrero, which wrecked off the coast of Florida in 1827. Tara decides to train with DWP, learning how to find and map a shipwreck. With the help of poet and fellow Explorer Alyea Pierce, Tara tries to imagine the journey of the enslaved Africans on the Guerrero and how their spirits might have flown home after they perished at sea. Want more? Check out our Into the Depths hub to learn more about Tara’s journey following Black scuba divers, find previous Nat Geo coverage on the search for slave shipwrecks, and get a sneak peek at the March cover. And download a tool kit for hosting an Into the Depths listening party to spark conversation and journey deeper into the material. Also explore: Listen to author and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s full 2009 Ted Talk on the danger of a single story. Learn more about Diving With a Purpose co-founder Ken Stewart and the organization’s ongoing efforts to find the Guerrero, and take a deeper dive into the wrecking of the ship off the Florida Keys in 1827. Find out more information about Diving With a Purpose and its work training adults and youth in maritime archaeology and ocean conservation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are weightless.
0:08.6	This is breathtaking.
0:11.6	Under the water, I can actually breathe.
0:14.7	You feel like you're flying.
0:16.6	You can just be at 100 feet and do nothing,
0:18.7	and you just hang there.
0:19.9	There is a freedom in the water.
0:23.0	It really takes your breath.
0:25.6	Like, what?
0:27.1	And a lot of the friendly fish,
0:30.6	it's like them to say, welcome.
0:32.8	Welcome to my world.
0:34.2	Welcome home.
0:35.9	It's already a feat within itself that we're black and we're archaeologists.
0:41.3	And now you're like, hey, maybe we can do this and be in the water.
0:46.3	These divers, man, they're like flesh and blood superheroes.
0:51.3	I grabbed my chest because I was like, either I'm going to die or this is going to be
0:56.0	the most amazing experience in my entire life.
0:59.0	Ayanna, with her purple braids, bright pink lipstick, homemade door knocker earrings, and this
1:06.0	huge, huge smile.
1:08.0	She's the co-founder of the Society of Black Archaeologists.
1:12.6	And Jay, a retired engineer, 6-5, frame like a linebacker, booming voice. He's been totally
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