Mike Fletcher is hailed as “a world-class professional diver,” by History Television. Along with his son Warren Fletcher, Mike Fletcher is the star of a team of dive detectives who travel the world investigating marine mysteries. Their television show, Dive Detectives, has aired on History Television since March 2010.
The diving team is especially interesting to me, as they are both natives of Port Dover, Ontario, and according to their website, Mike still raises thoroughbred horses on his farm. Their activities are brilliantly displayed on their website, www.divedetectives.com, with clear and stunning photography that won’t dissapoint, outlines of dive mysteries, charts, illustrations and information gallore. The site is guaranteed not to disappoint. Mike’s bio from the site tells us, “He began his career in 1977, concentrating on underwater construction and the offshore oil and gas industry. After becoming a certified decompression-chamber operator, a licensed dive medic and a licensed captain, he expanded his expertise into underwater cinematography.”
The TV show, Dive Detectives, airs Thursday mornings at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. EST on History Television. That’s according to this listing, http://www.history.ca/ontv/titledetails.aspx?titleid=248966 link to history.ca/on tv, so if it’s any different don’t blame me! (I just finished watching River Budha)
My favorite espisode was Rogue Wave/Edmund Fitzgerald. The Edmund Fitzgerald was on the Great Lakes of Ontario and it sank 30 years ago surrounded by mystery as every life aboard was lost and there were no surviving witnesses. The father and son team of the Dive Detectives demonstrated a theory that a storm created a massive rogue wave which decimated the ship and her crew.
The show has plenty of mystery, adventure, geography, world culture, technology, treasure, history, research and the human element of personality. While it’s exciting to watch the Fletchers search for sunken wrecks to recover treasure, the underwater cinematography is a marvel to behold. Glistening scenes of coral reefs; the tropical settings of rivers and lakes; and the global lifestyle of those who work and live with people who have unbelievable professional levels of expertise.
Submarine Graveyard airs tomorrow, Thursday, November 24. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
