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This is the script for Episode Two of Lords of the Ocean is a reality TV show that follows Matt and Robin, two brothers who’ve inherited Dominion Diving, a family salvage, diving and marine service business.
The Lohnes brothers have also maintained a family legacy; their father’s love of uncertainty, the unknown, the undiscovered, and the unworkable.
| 00:01:02:00 | º MUSIC º |
| 00:01:04:04 | NARRATOR: Dominion Diving’s landed a top secret job |
| 00:01:06:20 | with a tight timeline. |
| 00:01:08:06 | SHAWN: This is a military installation. |
| 00:01:09:14 | Some of it’s classified. |
| 00:01:13:08 | NARRATOR: Shawn’s got the reigns, |
| 00:01:15:03 | but it’s a logistical nightmare. |
| 00:01:17:08 | In freezing water, |
| 00:01:18:24 | on top of a shipwreck, |
| 00:01:21:03 | in the middle of a busy shipping lane. |
| 00:01:23:21 | And before they even get started, |
| 00:01:26:03 | a piece of military hardware |
| 00:01:27:15 | goes missing on the ocean floor. |
| 00:01:31:06 | For 50 years this family’s built a business |
| 00:01:34:13 | where nobody else dares, |
| 00:01:36:16 | recovering, |
| 00:01:37:17 | repairing, |
| 00:01:38:17 | and resurrecting anything |
| 00:01:40:16 | in the world’s most dangerous waters. |
| 00:01:43:00 | This is their world. |
| 00:01:45:21 | Saltwater in their blood, |
| 00:01:47:18 | come hell and high water. |
| 00:01:49:21 | MATT: It’s go time. Do or die. |
| 00:01:51:19 | º THEME MUSIC º |
| 00:02:22:16 | NARRATOR: It’s the middle of March, |
| 00:02:24:17 | the coldest and most unpredictable month |
| 00:02:27:00 | on the North Atlantic. |
| 00:02:28:14 | SHAWN: In the last couple of days out on site, |
| 00:02:30:19 | flat calm, mirror seas, |
| 00:02:33:03 | to half an hour later, a snowstorm, |
| 00:02:34:10 | zero visibility. |
| 00:02:37:09 | GARY: It’s just starting to snow here, |
| 00:02:38:14 | but the wind’s still down, |
| 00:02:39:09 | so we’re just going to continue working through it. |
| 00:02:42:05 | NARRATOR: On a reconnaissance dive |
| 00:02:43:15 | for a big job with the Navy, |
| 00:02:45:18 | the Dominion dive team is battling the elements. |
| 00:02:48:17 | SHAWN: Divers are going to go down. |
| 00:02:49:15 | They’re looking to see any damage |
| 00:02:51:07 | to any of the structures that are there, |
| 00:02:53:17 | before we can get too far down the job. |
| 00:02:58:08 | NARRATOR: The divers are searching |
| 00:03:00:06 | for a series of underwater pedestals |
| 00:03:02:05 | belonging to the Navy. |
| 00:03:03:12 | Once they’re located, |
| 00:03:05:02 | Dominion’s mission is to install |
| 00:03:07:10 | high-tech sensors on top of them. |
| 00:03:09:23 | When Navy ships pass overhead, |
| 00:03:13:02 | the sensors test the equipment on board |
| 00:03:15:08 | that protects them from explosive mines. |
| 00:03:19:01 | DIVER: I’m heading out on my line. |
| 00:03:20:14 | CHRISTIAN: So do you see any pedestals |
| 00:03:21:23 | close by to where you are? |
| 00:03:22:21 | DIVER: I see just |
| 00:03:26:08 | silt bottom. |
| 00:03:27:15 | GARY: The pedestals had like a sensor array |
| 00:03:29:12 | that have all been removed. |
| 00:03:30:22 | They have the installation there, |
| 00:03:32:07 | so they’re just repurposing it. |
| 00:03:34:00 | NARRATOR: Before they can install the new sensors, |
| 00:03:36:00 | they’ve got to find and tag 16 concrete pedestals |
| 00:03:39:18 | in frigid waters, at dangerous depths. |
| 00:03:44:09 | CHRISTIAN: He’s at 80 feet so he’s got |
| 00:03:45:13 | about 25 minutes bottom time. |
| 00:03:48:20 | CHRISTIAN: He’s got the sixth one done. |
| 00:03:49:23 | He’s moving on to the seventh one. |
| 00:03:51:12 | If he doesn’t get all 16 done here, |
| 00:03:53:20 | we’re going to have to pull him up. |
| 00:03:55:11 | Ollie will go in and tag the rest of these up. |
| 00:03:58:14 | CHRISTIAN: Get that zip-tie on, |
| 00:03:59:24 | and I’ll get you to leave bottom now. |
| 00:04:07:15 | GARY: Roger. Diver left surface at 12:24. |
| 00:04:10:00 | DIVER: Roger that. |
| 00:04:11:15 | GARY: Yeah, if you want to just check the distance, |
| 00:04:13:08 | like if there was another pedestal. |
| 00:04:15:14 | You got lots of slack, |
| 00:04:16:10 | it’s just you’re going to have to pull. |
| 00:04:17:13 | The tide is pulling you a little bit. |
| 00:04:21:15 | NARRATOR: They’re looking for the last of the 16 pedestals. |
| 00:04:24:22 | OLLIE: In the marine industry, |
| 00:04:25:21 | nothing stays the same. |
| 00:04:26:16 | You always have wind, you always have waves. |
| 00:04:28:02 | There’s always forces acting on the stuff |
| 00:04:29:07 | that you put there. That’s why the military |
| 00:04:31:05 | got us in there to go down and have a look. |
| 00:04:35:21 | GARY: And between 5 and 4 it’s roughly 15 feet? |
| 00:04:38:15 | DIVER: Yup. |
| 00:04:39:19 | NARRATOR: If they can’t find it |
| 00:04:41:12 | within the 25-minute dive limit, |
| 00:04:43:22 | the entire mission could be scrubbed. |
| 00:04:46:10 | GARY: That’s dropped right off. |
| 00:04:53:03 | GARY: And so that’s double the distance |
| 00:04:54:11 | of all the other pedestals. |
| 00:04:56:07 | CHRISTIAN: All right, it’s to time, |
| 00:04:57:23 | I’ll get you to leave bottom now. |
| 00:04:59:14 | You can do a free ascent |
| 00:05:00:09 | or we can get you to climb your umbilical. |
| 00:05:02:00 | NARRATOR: They’ve run out of bottom time |
| 00:05:04:01 | and have to come up one pedestal short. |
| 00:05:07:23 | It’s to deep and too cold to risk it. |
| 00:05:10:22 | SHAWN: We’re dealing with a hundred feet of water, |
| 00:05:12:05 | at the coldest time of the year. |
| 00:05:13:17 | After 15 minutes, the divers are starting |
| 00:05:15:10 | to lose dexterity in their hands. |
| 00:05:17:22 | GARY: You can swim across. |
| 00:05:18:23 | We’ll start coming up on your umbilical. |
| 00:05:20:21 | Just come up nice and slow. |
| 00:05:24:13 | We have to go back to the engineers |
| 00:05:26:01 | and see what they want to do. |
| 00:05:29:19 | CREW: There you go, buddy. |
| 00:05:30:23 | OLLIE: Thanks, buds. |
| 00:05:35:17 | NARRATOR: The 10-day job is off to a murky start, |
| 00:05:38:12 | and the whole project is cloaked in mystery. |
| 00:05:41:10 | SHAWN: This is a military installation. |
| 00:05:42:21 | Some of it’s classified. |
| 00:05:44:18 | I don’t have to know what it does. |
| 00:05:47:11 | We’ll go down, we’ll do the grunt work, |
| 00:05:49:20 | and then where it goes from there, who knows. |
| 00:05:52:08 | NARRATOR: The sensor array’s exact location |
| 00:05:55:02 | is a military secret. |
| 00:05:57:12 | Dominion’s got to install it |
| 00:05:59:11 | and connect it to a monitoring station on shore. |
| 00:06:02:13 | It’s like plugging in a million dollar extension cord |
| 00:06:05:20 | a mile long at the bottom of the ocean. |
| 00:06:09:08 | To make it more difficult, |
| 00:06:11:02 | the job site is in the middle of a busy shipping lane, |
| 00:06:15:04 | and there’s a jagged, mangled shipwreck |
| 00:06:18:11 | on the bottom that could snag the cable. |
| 00:06:21:05 | SHAWN: If we damage this cable, |
| 00:06:22:04 | it could be 18 to 24 months away for replacement. |
| 00:06:27:01 | NARRATOR: They’re doing this job with a brand new |
| 00:06:29:10 | unproven ship. |
| 00:06:31:13 | The Dominion Warrior. |
| 00:06:34:08 | It’s called a Multicat, |
| 00:06:35:23 | a self-propelled, floating platform |
| 00:06:37:23 | that can be outfitted for any job. |
| 00:06:40:14 | SHAWN: Anything we purchase, |
| 00:06:42:06 | it has to be multi-use, multi-task. |
| 00:06:43:24 | The Warrior is a Swiss army knife, |
| 00:06:46:16 | because it has so many functionalities. |
| 00:06:48:08 | Can’t wait to get it out on its first job |
| 00:06:51:15 | and start making some money and paying some bills with it. |
| 00:06:56:20 | NARRATOR: The bosses, Matt and Robin, |
| 00:06:58:16 | are going out of town. |
| 00:07:00:05 | Shawn will be alone at the helm. |
| 00:07:02:00 | ROBIN: Shawn is the voice of reason. |
| 00:07:04:11 | MATT: Shawn’s kind of like the glue |
| 00:07:06:11 | that keeps everything together |
| 00:07:07:19 | and keeps everything running as smoothly as it is. |
| 00:07:10:00 | ROBIN: It’s very hard to get ahead of Shawn. |
| 00:07:13:21 | When you’re trying to think ahead, |
| 00:07:15:07 | he’s usually thinking |
| 00:07:17:00 | quite a few steps ahead of most people. |
| 00:07:20:09 | NARRATOR: Shawn has only got 10 days to finish the job. |
| 00:07:23:12 | SHAWN: That’s a drop dead date |
| 00:07:25:15 | where everything has to be up and running. |
| 00:07:27:08 | We’ve made a commitment contractually |
| 00:07:29:04 | to have this in and up and running for our client. |
| 00:07:31:07 | NARRATOR: Everyday over 10 days |
| 00:07:34:02 | will cost them thousands of dollars. |
| 00:07:38:12 | NARRATOR: In just one day, |
| 00:07:40:08 | they’ve already discovered two big problems. |
| 00:07:44:04 | SHAWN: Okay, you tell me your stuff |
| 00:07:45:13 | and then I’ll tell you my stuff. |
| 00:07:46:15 | NARRATOR: First, the divers break the news |
| 00:07:49:03 | about the missing pedestal. |
| 00:07:50:16 | GARY: It’s not 16 that was knocked off. |
| 00:07:52:10 | SHAWN: 16… |
| 00:07:53:04 | GARY: Is there. SHAWN: …is there. |
| 00:07:55:05 | GARY: Yeah. Number 2 that’s actually missing. |
| 00:07:57:08 | SHAWN: Okay, so we know 2 is missing. |
| 00:07:59:05 | We’ve got a hole in the mattress for number 2. |
| 00:08:01:08 | NARRATOR: Finding the missing pedestal is crucial, |
| 00:08:03:23 | but locating the shipwreck directly in their path, |
| 00:08:07:04 | is more pressing. |
| 00:08:08:03 | SHAWN: This is another chart of the harbour. |
| 00:08:11:03 | This one is actually made for fishing. |
| 00:08:14:06 | The shipwreck appears in a different location. |
| 00:08:17:10 | That other one just shows a big area down there. |
| 00:08:19:18 | I think it’s going to be prudent, |
| 00:08:21:07 | before we set our mooring system, |
| 00:08:22:15 | that we go out and find the exact location of this wreck. |
| 00:08:26:13 | NARRATOR: The pedestal can wait. |
| 00:08:28:06 | They need to know where that wreck is |
| 00:08:30:11 | before they do anything else. |
| 00:08:36:06 | º MUSIC º |
| 00:08:38:21 | [ALARM BELL RINGING] |
| 00:08:43:01 | GARY: You ready to get ready to go on this magic cruise? |
| 00:08:48:17 | SHAWN: Fibre optic cable, |
| 00:08:50:01 | although it’s coated, at the end of the day |
| 00:08:52:13 | it’s a piece of glass. |
| 00:08:53:17 | We don’t want to be responsible for damaging that. |
| 00:08:57:04 | GARY: The danger for us, we want to make sure |
| 00:08:58:13 | that it’s not going to get on top of it |
| 00:09:00:11 | and start chafing and then cut. |
| 00:09:02:02 | That’s why we’re going to have a look. |
| 00:09:04:12 | CREW: Okay buddy. Be careful. |
| 00:09:09:18 | NARRATOR: To find the shipwreck, the dive team |
| 00:09:11:11 | will do a grid search of the ocean floor, |
| 00:09:13:19 | in deep icy water. |
| 00:09:16:04 | GARY: This is Dominion Diving. |
| 00:09:17:04 | We’re just diving on a known shipwreck, The Good Hope. |
| 00:09:21:02 | Today’s diver is Oliver Van Golic. |
| 00:09:24:23 | Okay, go ahead Oliver. What do you see? |
| 00:09:26:15 | OLLIE: Well right now I’m just making my way |
| 00:09:28:06 | down the downline. |
| 00:09:30:00 | I’ll check back in with you guys in a second |
| 00:09:32:01 | when I have a visual on the wreck. |
| 00:09:35:15 | SHAWN: Until we find the exact location of this shipwreck |
| 00:09:37:19 | we’re kind of all stop, |
| 00:09:38:21 | because there’s high value |
| 00:09:40:11 | in the cable that we’re going to be laying. |
| 00:09:42:11 | We don’t want to get billed back for this cable. |
| 00:09:46:21 | º MUSIC º |
| 00:09:49:13 | NARRATOR: At the Dominion dock, |
| 00:09:51:00 | it’s all hands on deck for the big Navy job. |
| 00:09:54:24 | Shawn’s got to get the two kilometer long |
| 00:09:57:19 | million dollar fibre optic cable, |
| 00:10:00:02 | spooled onto a massive reel. |
| 00:10:04:13 | There are three sections of cable |
| 00:10:06:11 | that have to be put on the reel. |
| 00:10:08:17 | A short one that connects to land, |
| 00:10:11:18 | a 1600 meter main section, |
| 00:10:14:04 | and a third section that connects to the sensors. |
| 00:10:18:23 | Fibre optic cable allows data to travel as light. |
| 00:10:22:18 | It’s made from thousands of individual glass threads, |
| 00:10:25:24 | cocooned in a protective sleeve. |
| 00:10:28:14 | It’s flexible enough to be rolled onto the spool, |
| 00:10:31:18 | but any sharp bends or breaks |
| 00:10:33:12 | and the whole thing’s screwed. |
| 00:10:41:05 | NARRATOR: Back with the dive team… |
| 00:10:42:11 | OLLIE: Do you want the good news first, Gary, |
| 00:10:45:07 | or the bad news first? |
| 00:10:46:21 | NARRATOR: The good news is, they found the wreck. |
| 00:10:50:17 | OLLIE: Yeah, we found it. |
| 00:10:52:01 | NARRATOR: The bad news is… |
| 00:10:53:16 | OLLIE: It’s a fucking clusterfuck though. |
| 00:10:55:16 | GARY: Yeah, so we might have to reposition |
| 00:10:58:02 | to avoid this wreck. |
| 00:10:59:17 | OLLIE: Basically it’s a nice cutting machine down here. |
| 00:11:03:05 | NARRATOR: The jagged metal |
| 00:11:04:06 | could slice through the fibre optics. |
| 00:11:06:11 | GARY: Okay. Roger that. |
| 00:11:08:03 | NARRATOR: So they’ll have to work around it |
| 00:11:10:00 | when they lay the cable. |
| 00:11:15:01 | CREW: Welcome back. |
| 00:11:16:01 | º MUSIC º |
| 00:11:18:12 | NARRATOR: Back at the shop, |
| 00:11:19:13 | there’s more equipment to be tuned up for the big job. |
| 00:11:23:21 | The dive site is cold, deep and dangerous, |
| 00:11:26:16 | so they may need to send in machines |
| 00:11:28:13 | with a little help from LaRae. |
| 00:11:31:24 | LARAE: Matt and Robin are my uncles. |
| 00:11:34:11 | They would be my mother’s youngest brothers. |
| 00:11:37:18 | NARRATOR: LaRae is in charge of Dominion’s fleet |
| 00:11:39:15 | of remotely operated vehicles, called ROVs. |
| 00:11:45:02 | An ROV is an underwater drone |
| 00:11:47:04 | that can survive longer and deeper, |
| 00:11:48:19 | than a human diver can. |
| 00:11:51:04 | They’re equipped with propellors for thrust, |
| 00:11:53:15 | cameras as eyes, |
| 00:11:55:04 | and the bigger ones have hydraulic arms |
| 00:11:57:01 | for heavy lifting. |
| 00:11:59:10 | LARAE: I learned to do this, |
| 00:12:01:05 | basically by trial and error. |
| 00:12:05:01 | This is the big one, MRV. |
| 00:12:08:13 | Basically I learned a lot of my stuff on the job. |
| 00:12:10:22 | I started off doing pipeline surveys, |
| 00:12:12:12 | which is just a straight line. |
| 00:12:14:17 | And you’ve got your boom arms, |
| 00:12:15:15 | you basically just look for rocks |
| 00:12:17:09 | and fly straight down the pipe. |
| 00:12:19:18 | And then I just gradually started doing |
| 00:12:21:22 | more difficult tasks. |
| 00:12:23:22 | And now I love it. |
| 00:12:25:22 | I’m pretty good at it. |
| 00:12:27:20 | This is the Chinook, it’s fairly new to us. |
| 00:12:32:01 | I’ve flown it a few times. |
| 00:12:33:06 | It’s a really nice ROV for its size. |
| 00:12:36:16 | It’s very responsive. |
| 00:12:39:18 | It’s quite heavy. |
| 00:12:41:20 | There’s different ROV’S for different jobs. |
| 00:12:43:17 | The smaller ones we have, |
| 00:12:44:24 | we can fit down in some pretty small areas. |
| 00:12:49:14 | And here we have a smaller one, |
| 00:12:52:09 | and this one we call the Interceptor. |
| 00:12:57:06 | I don’t go under the water. |
| 00:12:58:11 | I actually prefer to stay above the water, |
| 00:13:01:06 | unlike some of the people here. |
| 00:13:02:23 | º MUSIC º |
| 00:13:06:23 | NARRATOR: Out in the yard, |
| 00:13:09:10 | it’s finally time to prep the Warrior for battle. |
| 00:13:12:07 | º MUSIC º |
| 00:13:15:04 | CREW: Yeah good. |
| 00:13:18:01 | SHAWN: We have a deck plan |
| 00:13:19:10 | that’s all scaled out. |
| 00:13:21:01 | It’s like playing Tetris here in the office. |
| 00:13:22:11 | What if we put this here and put that there. |
| 00:13:25:05 | SHAWN: You wanna come this way some? |
| 00:13:26:17 | CREW: You gotta come this way. |
| 00:13:28:09 | SHAWN: And then we come down to the loading day, |
| 00:13:31:10 | and it just gets smaller and smaller and smaller. |
| 00:13:33:14 | CREW: That’s not very good. |
| 00:13:34:20 | SHAWN: That’s not very good. |
| 00:13:35:22 | NARRATOR: Up first, that massive reel, |
| 00:13:38:22 | spooled with a million dollars worth of fibre-optic cable. |
| 00:13:41:15 | SHAWN: Is it possible to spin that the other way? |
| 00:13:43:16 | That container? |
| 00:13:44:20 | NARRATOR: For this job, the Warrior’s primary function |
| 00:13:47:11 | is as a dive platform. |
| 00:13:50:00 | They’re long, deep dives, |
| 00:13:51:18 | so they’re loading on a decompression chamber |
| 00:13:54:22 | inside this shipping container. |
| 00:14:02:07 | NARRATOR: Divers will use the chamber |
| 00:14:03:16 | to maximize their dive time, |
| 00:14:05:18 | and reduce the risk of decompression illness. |
| 00:14:08:15 | That can be fatal. |
| 00:14:13:10 | SHAWN: So with this type of diving |
| 00:14:14:14 | that we’re going to be doing, |
| 00:14:15:17 | in this depth of water, |
| 00:14:16:12 | when the diver comes up, |
| 00:14:18:14 | we put him in the chamber |
| 00:14:19:15 | and he does his decompression |
| 00:14:20:18 | on the deck. |
| 00:14:22:07 | So we don’t run into any decompression issues or bends. |
| 00:14:24:22 | We don’t want to hurt or injure anybody. |
| 00:14:26:17 | SHAWN: So this is our quad of O2, |
| 00:14:28:22 | 16 bottles of medical grade oxygen. |
| 00:14:32:03 | This is what the divers are going to breathe |
| 00:14:34:19 | when they’re doing their decompression in the chamber. |
| 00:14:37:06 | Ahhhhh, I guess that’ll work. |
| 00:14:40:10 | What about our door? |
| 00:14:42:00 | Our door is not going to close, right? |
| 00:14:43:14 | [SOUND OF GRINDER] |
| 00:14:46:13 | NARRATOR: To keep the rest of the crew safe, |
| 00:14:48:04 | they weld every component onto the deck, |
| 00:14:50:15 | to keep them secure. |
| 00:14:53:10 | CREW: When the boat starts rocking, |
| 00:14:54:20 | all this equipment can just slide |
| 00:14:56:13 | and cause some real damage. |
| 00:15:00:22 | SHAWN: That’s starting to get a little bit tighter. |
| 00:15:04:20 | We’ll see what kind of space I have up front to stick it. |
| 00:15:11:16 | We need an extension. |
| 00:15:13:00 | CREW: Yeah! |
| 00:15:14:00 | NARRATOR: With almost 15 tonnes of gear aboard, |
| 00:15:17:00 | it’s a tight squeeze. |
| 00:15:18:15 | And they’ll need room for this |
| 00:15:20:05 | precious high-tech cargo. |
| 00:15:22:02 | These are the sensors that are being plugged in, |
| 00:15:25:00 | at the bottom of the ocean. |
| 00:15:30:08 | This array of sensors is worth more money |
| 00:15:32:21 | than the Warrior, the cable, |
| 00:15:34:15 | and all the other equipment aboard. |
| 00:15:37:10 | SHAWN: The cable gets connected to this unit, |
| 00:15:41:03 | and then it’s going to be lowered down |
| 00:15:42:16 | on the ocean floor, |
| 00:15:44:05 | and it’s going to stay on the ocean floor. |
| 00:15:45:17 | And then we’ll go around |
| 00:15:47:22 | and start picking up all these units, |
| 00:15:49:24 | and we’ll be placing them on the pedestal. |
| 00:15:53:24 | So we’ll have a couple of guys in the water |
| 00:15:55:09 | when we’re doing this, |
| 00:15:56:20 | and we’ll be placing them on the respective tabletops. |
| 00:16:01:00 | NARRATOR: The barge, the sensors |
| 00:16:02:15 | and the million dollar cable, |
| 00:16:04:03 | are all good to go. |
| 00:16:08:06 | But not before the dive team figures out |
| 00:16:10:13 | how all this gets connected to shore. |
| 00:16:20:07 | OLLIE: Those two gentlemen up there |
| 00:16:21:14 | are going to give us a hand. |
| 00:16:23:01 | What they’ve done is fed a line down. |
| 00:16:24:20 | They fed a line down |
| 00:16:26:07 | that I’m going to go retrieve basically, |
| 00:16:28:02 | and tie off to this. |
| 00:16:31:15 | CREW: Be careful. |
| 00:16:36:22 | NARRATOR: To help connect the cable to shore, |
| 00:16:38:14 | the dive team are looking for a line |
| 00:16:41:10 | to pull their guide rope |
| 00:16:42:15 | through an underwater conduit. |
| 00:17:00:21 | GARY: You don’t see any yellow rope around there at all? |
| 00:17:12:00 | GARY: Yeah, roger. |
| 00:17:13:08 | GARY: You don’t see anything around that, just coming out? |
| 00:17:24:21 | GARY: Yeah, roger. |
| 00:17:30:15 | GARY: Hey, how’s it going? |
| 00:17:31:19 | We don’t see anything, unfortunately, on our end. |
| 00:17:34:09 | I don’t know if maybe |
| 00:17:35:10 | if you’re getting fetched up on something. |
| 00:17:40:20 | GARY: We didn’t win. |
| 00:17:43:18 | Chances are with the tide going up and down, |
| 00:17:45:16 | and it’s been so cold, |
| 00:17:47:04 | it’s probably a build-up of ice inside the conduit. |
| 00:17:51:00 | OLLIE: Now we’re going to go back to the drawing board |
| 00:17:52:20 | and try and figure out how we’re going to get rid of that ice, |
| 00:17:54:10 | or whatever the fuck’s blocking the conduit, |
| 00:17:56:05 | so we can get a pull rope through. |
| 00:17:57:09 | Because that’s huge for our job. |
| 00:17:58:20 | Without that, we’re kind of fucked. |
| 00:18:04:20 | º MUSIC º |
| 00:18:07:00 | NARRATOR: It’s day 5 of the 10 day Navy job, |
| 00:18:10:08 | but Dominion hasn’t found the last of the 16 pedestals |
| 00:18:13:15 | that are the platform for the high-tech sensor installation. |
| 00:18:17:20 | SHAWN: These pedestals missing is a real mystery, |
| 00:18:20:24 | like somebody would pluck a flower out of a garden. |
| 00:18:24:18 | NARRATOR: Enter ROV tech, LaRae. |
| 00:18:27:12 | Master of finding lost things |
| 00:18:29:05 | in the vast, underwater garden. |
| 00:18:34:19 | She’s got a tool to help with their search. |
| 00:18:37:09 | LARAE: This is FMV-40. |
| 00:18:39:04 | I’ve actually had a lot of flying time with this ROV. |
| 00:18:42:00 | The big green thing that you see on the top, |
| 00:18:43:15 | that’s the buoyancy, and without that |
| 00:18:45:18 | this thing would just sink to the bottom. |
| 00:18:47:00 | We’ve got our colour camera, |
| 00:18:48:11 | we’ve got our SIT camera, which is for low light, |
| 00:18:50:12 | and a port thruster and a starboard thruster. |
| 00:18:53:21 | We have to replace these Kort nozzles here. |
| 00:18:55:16 | They’ve taken quite a bit of damage. |
| 00:18:58:23 | NARRATOR: Collisions with underwater hazards, |
| 00:19:00:16 | like rocks and debris, |
| 00:19:02:11 | have left this unit battered and bruised. |
| 00:19:05:16 | LARAE: We’re going to remove the arm, the manipulator, |
| 00:19:07:18 | new bushings, try to tighten things up with that. |
| 00:19:11:04 | Put some new hydraulic fluid in it. |
| 00:19:12:18 | We’re kind of on a tight schedule here too. |
| 00:19:14:07 | So yeah, usually I’d have a hand here, |
| 00:19:16:19 | but everybody’s kind of busy with the cable-laying job. |
| 00:19:20:22 | NARRATOR: The completion of the Navy job |
| 00:19:22:03 | hinges on finding that missing pedestal. |
| 00:19:24:18 | But to do that, LaRae has to get this ROV |
| 00:19:28:18 | in ship shape. |
| 00:19:31:04 | LARAE: And she’s off. |
| 00:19:34:04 | So yeah, we’ll be taking this all apart. |
| 00:19:35:16 | There’s some broke pins on it. |
| 00:19:37:05 | The bushings need replacing. |
| 00:19:40:10 | Yeah. |
| 00:19:45:10 | NARRATOR: Across the harbour, |
| 00:19:46:22 | that frozen conduit threatens to put |
| 00:19:48:19 | Dominion Diving’s big Navy job on ice. |
| 00:19:52:06 | They can’t connect the fibre optic cable |
| 00:19:54:13 | to the monitoring station until the conduit is cleared. |
| 00:19:58:00 | So Shawn’s called in an outside contractor. |
| 00:20:01:23 | SHAWN: It may be small, but it’s going to set us back |
| 00:20:04:05 | another half a day or three-quarters of a day, |
| 00:20:06:16 | and that sets the schedule back. |
| 00:20:08:15 | And the schedule is so weather-dependent, |
| 00:20:10:10 | it could be another week before we get weather again. |
| 00:20:14:00 | There’s an ice block in the tidal zone. |
| 00:20:17:15 | CREW: We think it’s about 80 feet in. |
| 00:20:20:01 | SHAWN: We’re not able to pass anything through this conduit. |
| 00:20:23:04 | So we have a company here, |
| 00:20:24:13 | they’re going to put high pressure hot water |
| 00:20:25:22 | down the conduit. |
| 00:20:28:01 | That’s going to free up any ice that’s in there. |
| 00:20:30:06 | And the theory behind this is |
| 00:20:32:23 | that should allow us |
| 00:20:33:20 | to establish our pull line through, |
| 00:20:35:16 | and then we can start getting our cable. |
| 00:20:42:00 | CREW: The delay is unfortunate, but much better |
| 00:20:43:24 | than risking the project. |
| 00:20:50:13 | DIVER: So I’m just coming up to the conduit here now. |
| 00:20:54:22 | All right, we got a snake through here. |
| 00:20:58:10 | GARY: Okay, eureka. We have success. |
| 00:21:01:15 | DIVER: Right on. |
| 00:21:09:04 | NARRATOR: On the tail of a small victory, |
| 00:21:11:00 | a winter storm rolls in, |
| 00:21:13:07 | making the ocean too rough to lay the cable. |
| 00:21:17:00 | SHAWN: With the weather delays |
| 00:21:18:20 | and the storms we’ve had, |
| 00:21:20:00 | that has pushed us back. |
| 00:21:28:00 | NARRATOR: By the time the weather clears, |
| 00:21:30:06 | Dominion’s only got three days left to finish the job. |
| 00:21:35:00 | SHAWN: Hopefully the wind will stay away, |
| 00:21:37:00 | and we can get out there and lay the cable and get diving. |
| 00:21:41:10 | DAVE: We just finalized our plan, |
| 00:21:43:01 | so we’re going to go and talk to the people on the Warrior |
| 00:21:44:15 | and make sure everyone’s on page. |
| 00:21:46:06 | And then we’ll just get her going. |
| 00:21:49:20 | Get in the water. |
| 00:21:51:15 | Start hauling cable. |
| 00:21:52:23 | DIVER: Okay. I can see the rope going up. |
| 00:21:57:09 | NARRATOR: With the ice cleared from the conduit, |
| 00:21:59:16 | the fibre optic cable is pulled through… |
| 00:22:03:00 | CREW: That’s it. |
| 00:22:04:05 | NARRATOR: …and connected to shore. |
| 00:22:06:12 | SHAWN: The cable is sub-sea. |
| 00:22:08:16 | ON RADIO: Okay, copy that. |
| 00:22:11:15 | SHAWN: So the dive vessel is just moving out of the way. |
| 00:22:13:22 | They’re going to come around the bow of us, |
| 00:22:15:15 | and grab the marker buoy. |
| 00:22:16:19 | Once that’s out of our way, we’re going to spin around |
| 00:22:18:22 | and we’re going to start paying out cable |
| 00:22:20:05 | and moving to the next location. |
| 00:22:22:21 | NARRATOR: Now that the first section of cable |
| 00:22:24:10 | is connected to shore, |
| 00:22:26:10 | the Warrior will spool out the longer main piece |
| 00:22:29:04 | that takes them all the way to the underwater pedestals. |
| 00:22:32:19 | The final location of the high tech sensors. |
| 00:22:38:15 | NARRATOR: On the dive boat, |
| 00:22:39:17 | the team are searching for that location. |
| 00:22:42:24 | Over a mile from shore, |
| 00:22:44:07 | where the cable will connect to the sensors. |
| 00:22:47:24 | DAVE: We want to go right here. |
| 00:22:49:18 | We’ll set our marker here, |
| 00:22:51:08 | and this is the intended location for the sled. |
| 00:22:54:02 | DAVE: Yeah |
| 00:22:55:18 | [KNOCKS ON WINDOW] |
| 00:22:57:13 | Recoil the hose. |
| 00:22:58:23 | Yup, we’re holding the hose. |
| 00:23:03:13 | DAVE: Looks like he’s found the range. |
| 00:23:07:05 | That’s your guy. |
| 00:23:08:00 | So you want to just put that to your left. |
| 00:23:13:19 | DAVE: You’ve got a good solid five minutes. |
| 00:23:15:13 | NARRATOR: At these depths and temperatures, |
| 00:23:17:15 | bottom time is limited. |
| 00:23:21:24 | The divers have marked where the cable will end, |
| 00:23:24:10 | and connect to the sensors. |
| 00:23:27:04 | But back on the Warrior, |
| 00:23:28:10 | Shawn still needs the go-ahead from the engineers. |
| 00:23:31:15 | SHAWN: Time of day is getting on. |
| 00:23:32:18 | It’s 1300, 1:00 o’clock now. |
| 00:23:35:08 | I was hoping to be further out. |
| 00:23:36:08 | I was hoping to be laying cable by now. |
| 00:23:43:13 | NARRATOR: Shawn’s waiting for the engineers |
| 00:23:45:06 | to secure the cable on shore, |
| 00:23:47:11 | before the Warrior can resume spooling it out. |
| 00:23:50:05 | ON RADIO: We kind of jerry-rigged it |
| 00:23:52:13 | tying in the cable off to an anchor point |
| 00:23:54:12 | down in the pit. |
| 00:23:55:20 | But we’re hoping you could pull this off |
| 00:23:57:05 | without any strain on the cable. |
| 00:23:59:00 | SHAWN: Yeah, we’ll get it out there |
| 00:24:01:03 | and get it attached to the anchors. |
| 00:24:02:20 | ON RADIO: Roger. |
| 00:24:03:15 | We believe we’re ready for you to go. |
| 00:24:05:16 | NARRATOR: They finally get the green light. |
| 00:24:08:07 | SHAWN: Ready to go. Start the show. |
| 00:24:10:22 | NARRATOR: But they have to proceed with caution. |
| 00:24:13:22 | SHAWN: So they have the end of the cable |
| 00:24:15:13 | secured in the building with a rope. |
| 00:24:17:05 | So it’s not on a proper cable grip, |
| 00:24:20:06 | which means I can’t put any strain on it at all, |
| 00:24:23:04 | or I’ll pull it out. |
| 00:24:25:02 | NARRATOR: Too fast could rip the cable |
| 00:24:26:18 | from the shore connection, |
| 00:24:28:11 | too slow could cause a tangle. |
| 00:24:31:00 | SHAWN: We’re just paying out cable, |
| 00:24:32:01 | making sure it’s going nice and even, |
| 00:24:34:00 | and that we don’t give it any sudden shocks or pulls. |
| 00:24:40:20 | SHAWN: We’ll be going over 1600 meters. |
| 00:24:44:10 | Slow ‘er down a little bit. |
| 00:24:45:19 | NARRATOR: It’s hours of work laying the cable |
| 00:24:48:03 | in precise position, with winds and currents |
| 00:24:50:24 | constantly blasting the Warrior off course. |
| 00:24:54:13 | SHAWN: The wind has come up a little bit. |
| 00:24:55:24 | It’s changed around on us now, |
| 00:24:58:03 | so it’s kind of pushing us over towards the island a bit. |
| 00:25:01:07 | We have a tugboat on the side, |
| 00:25:02:21 | he’s pushing us back and forth, |
| 00:25:05:09 | keeping us in line. |
| 00:25:09:16 | NARRATOR: It’s careful work. Make or break. |
| 00:25:12:02 | A million bucks of cable lowered to the seabed, |
| 00:25:15:20 | bit by bit. |
| 00:25:17:14 | But then, there’s a problem. |
| 00:25:19:24 | SHAWN: All stop there, Jerry. |
| 00:25:21:15 | The cable just went underneath the anchor. |
| 00:25:25:00 | Jerry, can you come up on the anchor? |
| 00:25:30:05 | ON RADIO: …so we may be going over top of it again, are we? |
| 00:25:34:18 | NARRATOR: Slack in the cable has looped under the Warrior |
| 00:25:37:06 | and become tangled. |
| 00:25:39:10 | The wrong move could damage it, |
| 00:25:40:23 | undoing days of work, and breaking the bank. |
| 00:25:46:10 | SHAWN: All stop there. |
| 00:25:50:05 | That’s it. |
| 00:25:51:15 | Okay. |
| 00:25:55:10 | Okay, if you start backing away, Jerry. |
| 00:25:58:20 | We can deal with this, I think. |
| 00:26:00:03 | ON RADIO: Pushing easy. |
| 00:26:12:12 | ON RADIO: I’m all stopped on my engines, |
| 00:26:13:12 | but we’re still moving to stern. |
| 00:26:16:11 | SHAWN: That’s looking good and we can continue on. |
| 00:26:18:08 | I’m happy up here. It’s all clear and free. |
| 00:26:21:03 | NARRATOR: They’ve untangled the cable, |
| 00:26:23:15 | but they won’t know if there’s any damage |
| 00:26:25:08 | until it gets tested. |
| 00:26:27:11 | SHAWN: So this is one of our paint marks |
| 00:26:28:18 | going over the side, this is a measured mark. |
| 00:26:30:21 | it tells us exactly how much cable is left. |
| 00:26:33:09 | So we check that against the mark on the computer. |
| 00:26:36:18 | NARRATOR: That mark indicates the end of a section. |
| 00:26:40:11 | Time for the engineers to come aboard, |
| 00:26:42:18 | connect the next piece, |
| 00:26:44:10 | and test that the anchor didn’t damage the cable. |
| 00:26:47:22 | SHAWN: All stop there, Cory. |
| 00:26:52:00 | We’ve got our anchor down. |
| 00:26:52:22 | We’re all stopped here sitting right now. |
| 00:26:55:15 | ENGINEER: Okay. We’ll be right over. |
| 00:27:08:00 | DAVE: We’re really just the rough tool |
| 00:27:09:22 | that’s installing the cable. |
| 00:27:12:06 | These guys are – they’re the tech guys. |
| 00:27:14:21 | They’re going to make sure everything keeps working. |
| 00:27:18:16 | NARRATOR: If the cable’s broken, it’s a million bucks, |
| 00:27:21:19 | weeks of delay, and a big blow |
| 00:27:24:06 | to Dominion’s reputation with the Navy, |
| 00:27:27:00 | an important client. |
| 00:27:29:06 | SHAWN: Just grab up here. |
| 00:27:33:04 | SHAWN: So we’ve got the cable coming over the front. |
| 00:27:36:13 | We’ve got a loop here. |
| 00:27:43:15 | ENGINEER: Well our plan is to just pass along the side first. |
| 00:27:45:22 | We’ll get it figured out on the other side. |
| 00:27:52:00 | SHAWN: The sub-sea cable is fibre optic cable. |
| 00:27:54:15 | It’s a delicate cable. |
| 00:27:56:00 | We don’t want to be responsible for damaging it. |
| 00:28:05:00 | ENGINEER: It’s not bad. |
| 00:28:13:10 | ENGINEER: It’s plugged in, we’re on deck. |
| 00:28:15:10 | So test it. Let us know. |
| 00:28:19:00 | All right. |
| 00:28:20:14 | SHAWN: This is the worst part, |
| 00:28:21:09 | the hurry up and wait, we call it. |
| 00:28:25:17 | You want to go, go, go and get it done, |
| 00:28:27:00 | and you just – there are certain areas, |
| 00:28:28:20 | certain spots where you just have to stop |
| 00:28:31:11 | and follow your procedure. |
| 00:28:37:02 | ENGINEER: Hi. All right. Bye. |
| 00:28:40:08 | Jared says everything looks good on shore. |
| 00:28:42:15 | NARRATOR: The cable gets the thumbs up… |
| 00:28:44:22 | SHAWN: Thanks guys. |
| 00:28:50:18 | NARRATOR: …and Shawn can see the finish line. |
| 00:28:53:00 | SHAWN: I’ll have the two ends here and then you can |
| 00:28:53:24 | connect it up. And then we’re only 150 meters away. |
| 00:28:57:03 | I’ll flash this up and we’ll spin some cable off. |
| 00:29:02:18 | NARRATOR: They have to spool off |
| 00:29:03:14 | one last, short piece of cable |
| 00:29:05:19 | in order to reach the site of the pedestals, |
| 00:29:08:06 | where they’ll deploy the sensors, |
| 00:29:10:16 | AKA the sled. |
| 00:29:13:22 | SHAWN: That’s where the sled is going to go. |
| 00:29:15:00 | ENGINEER: Okay. |
| 00:29:15:23 | SHAWN: I’d like to get the sled down today if I can. |
| 00:29:18:17 | NARRATOR: But installing the sensors |
| 00:29:20:02 | will have to wait until tomorrow. |
| 00:29:22:03 | They only have enough daylight |
| 00:29:23:16 | to finish the cabling. |
| 00:29:29:16 | º MUSIC º |
| 00:29:33:10 | NARRATOR: Two days left. It’s do or die. |
| 00:29:37:05 | If they don’t get this job done on schedule, |
| 00:29:39:17 | it’s going to cost Dominion big time. |
| 00:29:42:01 | SHAWN: The divers are coming with a truckload of gear. |
| 00:29:43:18 | We’ll get that all loaded in there. |
| 00:29:45:18 | Then we’re ready to go. |
| 00:29:48:16 | NARRATOR: In the shop. LaRae is working hard |
| 00:29:51:01 | prepping the ROV to search for the missing pedestal. |
| 00:29:54:12 | But the rest of the job can’t wait. |
| 00:29:57:00 | SHAWN: Today we’re going to anchor up inside the mooring. |
| 00:30:00:15 | We’ll get out there and get set up. |
| 00:30:04:20 | NARRATOR: They moor the Warrior in place, |
| 00:30:06:16 | above the pedestals. |
| 00:30:08:20 | HERBIE: Once we get the lines all running out, |
| 00:30:10:23 | we’ll adjust everything up so we’re sitting right over |
| 00:30:13:01 | where we’re going to work. |
| 00:30:14:03 | º MUSIC º |
| 00:30:26:09 | SHAWN: Don’t be catching them up in your prop. |
| 00:30:31:21 | NARRATOR: The Warrior is locked into position |
| 00:30:33:12 | over the job site, ready for the engineers |
| 00:30:35:18 | to connect the cable to the sensors. |
| 00:30:41:09 | SHAWN: Hi! Good. |
| 00:30:44:01 | The cable is actually coming under the barge right now, |
| 00:30:46:23 | and coming up over the bow, yup. |
| 00:30:51:09 | I’ll have the divers all dressed |
| 00:30:52:14 | by the time you guys are done… |
| 00:30:53:16 | ENGINEER: Yes. |
| 00:30:54:01 | SHAWN: …so we don’t waste any time. |
| 00:30:59:19 | SHAWN: The cable gets connected to this unit, |
| 00:31:02:06 | and then it’s going to be lowered down |
| 00:31:04:05 | on the ocean floor. |
| 00:31:05:21 | SHAWN: You guys happy with the slack? |
| 00:31:07:20 | ENGINEER: We just need to finish tying things off. |
| 00:31:10:00 | SHAWN: Perfect. |
| 00:31:10:23 | NARRATOR: Connecting the sensors is the final step |
| 00:31:14:09 | before they’re lowered down to the exact location |
| 00:31:17:03 | of the underwater pedestals, |
| 00:31:19:01 | where they’ll be installed by the divers. |
| 00:31:26:17 | CHRISTIAN: I got main. Bailout’s off the hat. |
| 00:31:29:04 | NARRATOR: From here on in, the dives are long and cold, |
| 00:31:32:17 | like plunging into liquid ice for up to an hour. |
| 00:31:38:19 | CREW: You got your hot water on now? |
| 00:31:40:17 | SHAWN: Because of the temperature, |
| 00:31:41:19 | we decided to go with a hot water suit. |
| 00:31:43:14 | We pump down five gallons of hot water per minute. |
| 00:31:47:11 | The divers will be nice and comfortable, |
| 00:31:48:24 | toasty warm, basically, like diving in a Jacuzzi. |
| 00:31:54:09 | NARRATOR: Christian is first in the water |
| 00:31:56:00 | to guide the sled to the ocean floor. |
| 00:31:59:06 | GARY: Hey, he wants to take a tool line down, |
| 00:32:00:17 | so you want to just grab that? You got it ready? |
| 00:32:03:20 | NARRATOR: The heated suits prevent hypothermia, |
| 00:32:06:24 | but the biggest risk to the divers lives, |
| 00:32:08:22 | is the length of the dive. |
| 00:32:11:03 | That’s why they loaded this decompression chamber |
| 00:32:14:12 | onto the Warrior at the beginning of the job. |
| 00:32:17:12 | GARY: The advantage of this is that |
| 00:32:18:19 | you get a longer bottom time. |
| 00:32:20:22 | So you’ve seen that we’ve been diving |
| 00:32:23:00 | 90 feet to 100 feet. |
| 00:32:25:07 | We’ve only had like 15 to 20 minutes. |
| 00:32:27:09 | With this you can get up to 60 minutes. |
| 00:32:29:23 | And now, I’m entering the inner chamber. |
| 00:32:32:23 | And then there’s a bench here that can go down |
| 00:32:35:18 | so it can accommodate two divers. |
| 00:32:39:04 | The deeper you go, |
| 00:32:40:05 | the more compressed air that you’re breathing, |
| 00:32:42:10 | and then your body uses oxygen, |
| 00:32:44:06 | but it doesn’t use nitrogen. |
| 00:32:45:10 | So nitrogen gets absorbed into your tissues. |
| 00:32:48:06 | When you have a carbonated pop, |
| 00:32:50:03 | you can shake it up and nothing’s happening, right, |
| 00:32:52:03 | until you open it and then you release the pressure. |
| 00:32:54:10 | If you come up too fast, |
| 00:32:55:17 | you start making more and more bubbles |
| 00:32:57:19 | that start blocking blood vessels. |
| 00:33:00:00 | And worst-case scenario, |
| 00:33:01:08 | you could block your carotid arteries |
| 00:33:04:15 | and then you’ll pass out and you could die. |
| 00:33:09:00 | NARRATOR: To avoid these risks, |
| 00:33:10:11 | the chamber puts divers under pressure, |
| 00:33:12:12 | to “crush” the nitrogen bubbles, |
| 00:33:14:24 | until they are small enough to be passed naturally. |
| 00:33:21:05 | NARRATOR: The diver is in the water. |
| 00:33:23:03 | The sled is ready to go. |
| 00:33:26:05 | ENGINEER: These black things are a digital magnetometers. |
| 00:33:29:04 | So there are 16 of those. |
| 00:33:30:15 | I’m not sure exactly what they do |
| 00:33:32:00 | and I’m not sure who’s allowed to tell you that. |
| 00:33:34:00 | SHAWN: That’s secret squirrel stuff that. |
| 00:33:35:22 | SHAWN: Want to check the connect in, |
| 00:33:37:24 | and the test. |
| 00:33:41:02 | SHAWN: So we want to get this over. |
| 00:33:43:11 | It’s going down to 10 feet, |
| 00:33:44:23 | for 15 minutes. |
| 00:33:47:15 | And then it goes to the bottom. |
| 00:33:50:11 | DAVE: We’ve got Christian in the water, |
| 00:33:51:14 | he’s going to make contact with the sled. |
| 00:33:55:19 | SHAWN: Ready ready? HERBIE: Ready ready. |
| 00:33:57:07 | SHAWN: Ready ready. |
| 00:34:00:08 | DAVE: So he’ll go up there and follow it down, |
| 00:34:01:18 | basically ride it down with the crane, |
| 00:34:04:00 | make sure we get a nice clear landing spot, |
| 00:34:06:10 | and then we’ll set it on the seabed. |
| 00:34:11:21 | NARRATOR: One final test. |
| 00:34:15:03 | They won’t lower the sled all the way to the bottom, |
| 00:34:17:15 | until they’re positive the components |
| 00:34:19:16 | are waterproof and functioning, |
| 00:34:21:08 | in case they have to haul it all back aboard. |
| 00:34:24:14 | DAVE: We’re just – he’s in the water, |
| 00:34:26:01 | just kind of hanging out, |
| 00:34:27:11 | getting comfortable with the hot water suit, |
| 00:34:28:18 | so whenever you’re ready, just let me know. |
| 00:34:31:06 | SHAWN: Okay, roger. |
| 00:34:33:10 | SHAWN: Ferguson’s Cove, Dominion Warrior. |
| 00:34:41:20 | SHAWN: Okay, roger. Clear to proceed. Thank you. |
| 00:34:44:17 | NARRATOR: It’s thumbs up from shore. |
| 00:34:46:24 | The cable is connected, |
| 00:34:48:10 | undamaged, and functioning perfectly. |
| 00:34:52:07 | Underwater, Christian carefully guides the sled to the bottom. |
| 00:34:56:22 | DAVE : So we want this to be on bottom, |
| 00:34:59:16 | not on the mattress, but just to the north, |
| 00:35:02:12 | off of the mattress. |
| 00:35:08:06 | CHRISTIAN: Okay, all stop, all stop. |
| 00:35:11:02 | DAVE: All stop, all stop. |
| 00:35:13:06 | SHAWN: Roger, all stopped. |
| 00:35:16:03 | DAVE: Okay, we’re all stopped there. |
| 00:35:18:01 | CHRISTIAN: All right, we’re just a couple of feet |
| 00:35:19:08 | off bottom here. I’m going to try and |
| 00:35:21:01 | move these cables around, |
| 00:35:22:16 | so we can land that in a nice clear spot. |
| 00:35:24:23 | DAVE: Okay. |
| 00:35:27:20 | CHRISTIAN: Okay, we’re drifting too far to the east. |
| 00:35:30:03 | Anytime I move the cable, we just drift back over it. |
| 00:35:34:13 | DAVE: I know, it’s just the wind is blowing us that way, man so. |
| 00:35:37:10 | CHRISTIAN: No, no, I totally get it. |
| 00:35:38:14 | I’m just chasing my tail down here |
| 00:35:42:05 | trying to move the cable. |
| 00:35:45:17 | CHRISTIAN: Swing left |
| 00:35:48:14 | DAVE: Can you swing your boom to the left? |
| 00:35:52:13 | SHAWN: Roger, swing left. |
| 00:36:04:03 | DAVE: Okay, we want to be approximately |
| 00:36:08:12 | 30 feet to the north. |
| 00:36:11:08 | SHAWN: 30 feet? Three zero? |
| 00:36:13:00 | DAVE: Yes sir. Three zero. |
| 00:36:16:19 | NARRATOR: They’re off the mark. |
| 00:36:18:03 | The crane can’t reach far enough |
| 00:36:20:19 | to drop the sled into the correct position. |
| 00:36:24:19 | The only way to move the Warrior |
| 00:36:26:14 | is by adjusting the mooring ropes. |
| 00:36:30:01 | SHAWN: All right. |
| 00:36:32:02 | We’ll slack off the barge and we’ll start moving. |
| 00:36:33:20 | DAVE: Copy that. |
| 00:36:34:24 | We’ll keep an eye on things down here. |
| 00:36:38:11 | SHAWN: We’re just slacking off the rope a little bit at a time |
| 00:36:41:23 | and using the wind to push us back. |
| 00:36:44:01 | NARRATOR: The longer this takes, |
| 00:36:45:10 | the higher the risk for Christian, |
| 00:36:47:15 | the diver who’s waiting 150 feet below the surface |
| 00:36:51:07 | to guide the sled into place. |
| 00:36:53:12 | SHAWN: I’m anxious to get this down now. |
| 00:37:01:08 | CHRISTIAN: That looks great, guys. |
| 00:37:02:09 | Down easy on the wire please, down easy. |
| 00:37:06:17 | SHAWN: Coming down on the wire. |
| 00:37:09:15 | DAVE: Getting the sled on bottom and secured |
| 00:37:12:12 | would really represent the end of |
| 00:37:14:00 | the cable-laying phase, |
| 00:37:15:20 | so we don’t have to put anything else down there. |
| 00:37:25:10 | DAVE: So, you get that rigging off and that’ll be you. |
| 00:37:29:02 | NARRATOR: The delay lowering the sled |
| 00:37:31:06 | burned up Christian’s bottom time. |
| 00:37:33:13 | He needs to surface |
| 00:37:35:00 | He needs to surface now. |
| 00:37:35:20 | DAVE: You’re good to go with your ascent. |
| 00:37:37:10 | CHRISTIAN: Roger that. |
| 00:37:38:10 | NARRATOR: And the decompression clock starts ticking. |
| 00:37:43:14 | SHAWN: When the diver leaves the ocean floor, |
| 00:37:45:02 | he has seven minutes |
| 00:37:46:13 | to get up on board our dive platform, |
| 00:37:49:03 | take off his diving equipment |
| 00:37:50:21 | get on 100% O2 in the decompression chamber. |
| 00:37:53:15 | If we go over seven minutes, |
| 00:37:55:02 | if it’s seven minutes and 10 seconds, |
| 00:37:57:17 | then that’s it. |
| 00:37:58:19 | CREW: Diver’s at the ladder. |
| 00:38:00:22 | Alright hats, take it off. |
| 00:38:03:12 | Coming to the steps, coming to the steps. |
| 00:38:07:20 | CREW: Oh my god! |
| 00:38:09:15 | You all right? |
| 00:38:11:15 | Mains are off. Sit down. |
| 00:38:13:00 | Sit down. Sit down. |
| 00:38:14:02 | CHRISTIAN: Get my arm out first. |
| 00:38:14:21 | CREW: Yeah. |
| 00:38:18:01 | CREW: He stayed down there for an hour. |
| 00:38:19:21 | So because of that, |
| 00:38:20:22 | he has a lot of residual nitrogen in his body, |
| 00:38:22:22 | and because he shot up really fast, |
| 00:38:25:00 | it’s growing big. |
| 00:38:26:13 | So we only have seven minutes to get him into the chamber |
| 00:38:28:21 | and blow him back down to 40, |
| 00:38:30:00 | so he can do his decompression stop. |
| 00:38:31:10 | DAVE: I’ve got the door, going for a seal. |
| 00:38:33:03 | We’ve got seven minutes available. |
| 00:38:35:00 | Within three minutes |
| 00:38:35:18 | we had him at 40 feet, on O2. |
| 00:38:43:04 | NARRATOR: Christian’s out of danger… |
| 00:38:46:13 | SHAWN: Roger, coming up on the crane. |
| 00:38:48:15 | NARRATOR: …but the job is far from over. |
| 00:38:52:06 | The sled is on the ocean floor, |
| 00:38:54:18 | but Dominion has to come back tomorrow |
| 00:38:56:15 | to install the sensors. |
| 00:38:58:04 | SHAWN: We’ll end up packing up for the night. |
| 00:39:00:03 | NARRATOR: If they can find the missing pedestal. |
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| 00:39:11:10 | NARRATOR: It’s the last day of Dominion’s big job |
| 00:39:14:00 | for the Navy. |
| 00:39:16:09 | But they can’t complete the contract |
| 00:39:17:24 | until someone finds the last concrete pedestal |
| 00:39:21:22 | on the ocean floor. |
| 00:39:25:08 | LARAE: There’s 16 of them |
| 00:39:27:05 | and one, for some reason, |
| 00:39:30:00 | is gone. |
| 00:39:32:00 | So these pedestals are pretty big, |
| 00:39:33:10 | so it shouldn’t be too hard to find. |
| 00:39:35:23 | We brought our sonar today, |
| 00:39:37:01 | so hopefully we can pick it up on the sonar. |
| 00:39:39:11 | But who knows. |
| 00:39:41:03 | It might not even be there. |
| 00:39:44:05 | DAVE: We’ve got a couple of new people on board today. |
| 00:39:46:06 | We’ve got LaRae |
| 00:39:47:11 | who hasn’t been out with us yet. |
| 00:39:49:05 | The boat guys will get us tied up, |
| 00:39:50:18 | so everyone just sort of stay out of the way. |
| 00:39:52:05 | And then when we get tied up, |
| 00:39:53:05 | we’re going to transfer from this boat to the other boat. |
| 00:40:02:10 | LARAE: This is our control console here. |
| 00:40:04:21 | This is the lifeline. |
| 00:40:09:17 | This is your jack cable. |
| 00:40:15:10 | NARRATOR: LaRae’s decided on a smaller, more nimble ROV |
| 00:40:19:12 | to navigate around the wreckage |
| 00:40:21:09 | on the underwater job site. |
| 00:40:34:00 | LARAE: I’m at a depth right now of 21 meters. |
| 00:40:38:05 | We got bottom in sight. |
| 00:40:40:15 | Not picking up anything yet because we’re not on the bottom. |
| 00:40:43:15 | It’s very easy to get lost. |
| 00:40:46:00 | NARRATOR: LaRae’s got unlimited bottom time |
| 00:40:48:10 | to scour the ocean floor, |
| 00:40:49:19 | using the ROV’s video and sonar. |
| 00:40:54:05 | But starting the sensor installation can’t wait. |
| 00:40:57:20 | DAVE: So we’ve gotten the go ahead to start |
| 00:40:59:08 | deploying the sensors. |
| 00:41:00:19 | So we’ll take one at a time. |
| 00:41:02:05 | One diver, will pay out the cables, |
| 00:41:03:24 | and the other one will go around to the pedestals |
| 00:41:06:24 | and secure the sensors on the right pedestal. |
| 00:41:09:16 | DAVE: So you’re going to go down the tool line. |
| 00:41:13:20 | DAVE: Whenever you’ve got two divers, |
| 00:41:15:08 | you’ve got two umbilicals, you’ve got two people talking, |
| 00:41:18:03 | two videos, so things get a little bit more complicated. |
| 00:41:23:00 | I think we’re good to go. |
| 00:41:24:19 | So we’ve got Aiden, also known as Boots. |
| 00:41:27:17 | He’s going to hop in first. |
| 00:41:30:10 | How are you feeling Christian? You good? |
| 00:41:32:08 | CHRISTIAN: Yeah, Dave, I’m good. |
| 00:41:33:19 | Got my gloves on, I’ll be jumping in. |
| 00:41:36:10 | DAVE: Okay diver two, you’re good to leave surface as well. |
| 00:41:43:04 | NARRATOR: The divers can start their work, |
| 00:41:45:11 | but they won’t be able to finish it |
| 00:41:47:06 | until LaRae can find the missing pedestal. |
| 00:41:49:12 | LARAE: So we’ve got pedestal 8 right there. |
| 00:41:54:05 | DAVE: Basically just doing the same thing over. |
| 00:41:56:04 | We cleaned them off, drilled the holes, |
| 00:41:58:05 | and now we’re installing the sensors. |
| 00:42:01:09 | NARRATOR: It’s slow, methodical work. |
| 00:42:04:19 | Each sensor needs to be mounted |
| 00:42:06:19 | to the corresponding pedestal |
| 00:42:08:22 | for the entire array to function properly. |
| 00:42:11:05 | DAVE: We’re starting to get to the end of their dive time. |
| 00:42:13:09 | Then we’ll try and get both divers back to the downline. |
| 00:42:16:14 | So we’ve got to do the same thing. |
| 00:42:18:10 | We’ve got our seven minutes, |
| 00:42:19:13 | but now we’ve got to get two people in the chamber, |
| 00:42:21:17 | so everybody’s really got to be on their game. |
| 00:42:26:16 | DAVE: We’ve got diver two there as well. |
| 00:42:28:02 | Let’s get him ungeared. |
| 00:42:31:21 | NARRATOR: As each diver surfaces, |
| 00:42:33:18 | they must enter the decompression chamber |
| 00:42:36:01 | to remove the life threatening nitrogen bubbles |
| 00:42:38:07 | that form in their blood during the long, deep, dives. |
| 00:42:42:00 | DAVE: We’ve got seal. |
| 00:42:44:15 | DAVE: Okay, we got both our divers |
| 00:42:45:19 | successfully in the chamber, |
| 00:42:47:22 | just over three minutes of our seven minutes. |
| 00:42:52:10 | Divers at 40 feet. |
| 00:43:00:12 | DAVE: Yeah, copy that. Slack diver one. |
| 00:43:02:14 | NARRATOR: Everything’s going like clockwork |
| 00:43:05:00 | for the dives. |
| 00:43:06:12 | DAVE: Okay, diver two, he would like |
| 00:43:07:16 | for you to hold the wrench. |
| 00:43:12:01 | NARRATOR: But without that last pedestal, |
| 00:43:14:02 | the final sensor can’t be installed. |
| 00:43:17:01 | It’s all on LaRae. |
| 00:43:22:05 | LARAE: Well, I just see a lot of rocks right now. |
| 00:43:24:13 | The seabed is all pretty rocky. |
| 00:43:26:14 | Making my way over. |
| 00:43:28:13 | Dead ahead. |
| 00:43:30:11 | You’ve definitely got to know where you’re at |
| 00:43:32:24 | and like how to navigate, |
| 00:43:34:18 | without using just your cameras. |
| 00:43:36:21 | You’ve got to use your sonar, |
| 00:43:38:09 | you’ve got to use your compass. |
| 00:43:40:11 | Even your boat reference, |
| 00:43:41:20 | you need to just keep it all in the back of your head. |
| 00:43:43:15 | It’s very easy to get lost. |
| 00:43:54:07 | LARAE: The visibility is pretty good |
| 00:43:56:02 | down here actually, right now. |
| 00:44:03:22 | NARRATOR: After two solid hours of searching, |
| 00:44:06:11 | LaRae makes a find. |
| 00:44:08:11 | LARAE: Oh! I got something here. |
| 00:44:09:20 | CREW: Straight ahead of you. There you go. |
| 00:44:13:16 | LARAE: It looks like a hard target there. |
| 00:44:18:15 | This looks like it might be |
| 00:44:20:23 | the missing pedestal. |
| 00:44:23:18 | Let’s have a look. |
| 00:44:24:23 | NARRATOR: It’s 45 feet out of position. |
| 00:44:28:15 | Probably dragged by a boat anchor or fishing gear. |
| 00:44:33:07 | LARAE I guess Shawn’s going to be happy to hear this. |
| 00:44:35:08 | CREW: Oh yeah. |
| 00:44:36:13 | LARAE: Found it. |
| 00:44:39:00 | NARRATOR: It’s still close enough |
| 00:44:40:18 | that the divers can complete the job. |
| 00:44:43:21 | DAVE: Everything’s looking good. |
| 00:44:44:20 | LaRae and the ROV crew found the missing pedestal. |
| 00:44:47:20 | We should have this wrapped up today. |
| 00:44:51:08 | DAVE: So you’ve got sensor number 10, |
| 00:44:52:21 | and you are on your way. |
| 00:44:56:05 | Boys are coming up. |
| 00:45:02:11 | NARRATOR: Ten days of freezing cold weather, |
| 00:45:05:07 | delays, and problem after problem. |
| 00:45:08:05 | A missing pedestal, a frozen conduit, |
| 00:45:10:15 | dangerous dives, |
| 00:45:12:11 | and millions of dollars on the line. |
| 00:45:15:03 | It’s a big win for Dominion |
| 00:45:17:18 | and a huge victory for Shawn. |
| 00:45:20:05 | SHAWN: Perfect. |
| 00:45:21:03 | º THEME MUSIC º |