This interview published today on Maltatoday with Professor Timothy Gambin provides an insight into the reasons for declaring an underwater park 100m deep, as well as an insight into the importance and ways to appreciate our underwater heritage.
A large stretch of seabed off Xlendi has just been inaugurated as a deepwater archaeological park: billed as ‘the first of its kind’, anywhere in the world. But while that certainly sounds intriguing… the park itself is situated at a depth of between 105 and 115 metres. Now: my understanding – as someone who has never gone scuba-diving, even once – is that ‘105 metres’ represents a rather daunting depth, even for a highly experienced diver. How, then, can this site actually be appreciated, by those of us who cannot possibly ever visit it, in person?
Intro to interview on Maltatoday – Click here to read the full interview