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Richie Kohler presentations
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Richie Kohler’s passion for technical scuba diving and
maritime history has led him to explore some of the most challenging
and dangerous shipwrecks in the world, including the Andrea
Doria and HMHS Britannic. Exploring lost ships has led him to
locate and help name numerous lost vessels, including the mine
laying submarine U-215 on the Georges Banks off Nova Scotia,
a WWII destroyer USS Murphy, crushed and forgotten in the New
York approaches, and the 1800 steamship SS Peconic, a hurricane
victim off the Georgia coast. |
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| But it would be the identification of an unknown
WWII German U-Boat, the U-869 that would catapult his diving
career into the world of television and documentary film making.
Detailed in the NY Times best seller, Shadow Divers by Robert
Kurson, this exciting story is slated to be a major motion picture
by 20th Century Fox. |
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| Kohler, along with long time dive buddy John Chatterton,
co-hosted the long running History Channel series, Deep Sea
Detectives, and has worked on U/W film projects for Paramount
Pictures, CBS, PBS, and the Discovery Channel. |
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| In 2005 Kohler and Chatterton headed an
expedition to the worlds most famous ship wreck, RMS Titanic.
Using the Russian Mir submersibles they made a series
of dives 2 ½ miles down. Following a tantalizing
clue they located and documented new evidence that has |
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changed perceptions about Titanics final moments, shedding
new light on the tragic sinking and loss of 1500 people.
These important discoveries led the pair to executive
produce three award winning History Channel documentaries
“Titanics Final Moments: Missing Pieces”,
“Titanics Achilles Heel”, and Titanics Lost
Sister: Britannic. |
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A new book “Titanics Last Secrets” by Brad Matsen, detailing
these expeditions and their findings will be available fall 2008.
Along with his wife Carrie, Kohler is currently conducting technical
dive training, rebreather instruction, and leading shipwreck expeditions
worldwide, more often
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