Aquaman #1 (2011)
Written by Geoff Johns
Pencils by Ivan Reis
Inks by Joe Prado, Colors by Rod Reis
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Chef’s Note: Happy National Fish & Chip Day!
Chef’s Note: I wonder how often Arthur comes across buried/sunken treasure? Given his title (Monarch of Atlantis and King of the Seven Seas), I’m assuming he claims whatever doubloons he comes across as his (eminent domain and all that).
An estimate of the value of sunken treasure in the world begins with a guess at the number of sunken ships. James Delgado, director of the Maritime Heritage Program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), estimates that there are a million shipwrecks underwater now.
“Given everything that’s charted and all the rest, I would say that the majority of them remain undiscovered,” Delgado says. After all, 70 percent of the planet’s surface is water, and humans have only begun to be able to reach the depths. “Considering this, 95 percent of the ocean still remains unknown to us. It’s the last frontier,” Delgado says. “We know more about the surface of the moon than what’s at the bottom of the sea.”