February Immerse Yourself! The Shipwreck, Secret War & Stolen Jade

Event Description

John Christopher Fine is a Master Scuba Instructor and author who has dived on shipwrecks all over the world. His bibliography includes Treasures of the Spanish Main: Shipwrecked Galleons in the New World and Lost on the Ocean Floor: Diving the World's Ghost Ships. He has also written extensively on ocean pollution, and is the liaison officer of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques. John is a fellow of the Explorers Club and a member of the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences.

In this presentation, John will take us through the story of the SS Springfjord, a ship sunk by the CIA as part of a coup designed to overthrow the elected government of Guatemala. The program will also cover the destruction of a protected biosphere by organized criminals to steal jadeite, the most valuable gemstone in the world found now only in quantity in Guatemala.

This event will take place at 7 PM on Wednesday, February 18 at the History of Diving Museum. It will be available both in-person and virtually.

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