A cross appears first in the blue murk, the foremast of a ship submerged for half a century. The wreck, the remains of a 44-metre vessel, comes into clearer view, surrounded by fur seals, crayfish and schools of fish.
After 50 years, and a 38-day research voyage, investigators at the CSIRO have located the MV Blythe Star, a ship whose sinking on 13 October 1973 sparked the largest maritime search ever conducted in Australia at the time.
