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Without any crew, 3,200 miles across the pacific, into the shipping lanes off alaska. no lights, no power. it is the leading edge of all that debris on the way here and today, because of the hazard, the coast guard fired a cannon into its hull and sent the ghost ship to the bottom of the sea. and we have the perfect purchase tonight for someone who has everything. buy them a town. an entire town. buford, wyoming, once a thriving railroad stop, with a population of 2,000 people. but today, only...

Found the wreck. >> reporter: hes convinced it was secretly hauling 4,600 bars of platinum and gold. a war-time payment from the soviets to america. >> back in 1942 when she sunk, they did not have the technology to go down and retrieve it. it was too deep. >> reporter: in 700 feet of water, the teams robotic sub discovered wooden boxes in the wrecks debris field. too heavy for the small sub to lift, brooks believe they hold platinum and gold ingots. what if you get out there and it what if you ...

Feel the beat? its amazing what soup can do. encounter at a bay area motel. the move shes making to battle personal demons. next >> pelley: finally tonight, a story that could have come from the imagination of robert louis stevenson. its got sunken cargo, a determined treasure hunter and a bit of a mystery. seth doane tells us it could end up with the richest haul from a ship wreck ever. >> reporter: aboard his 200 foot salvage ship "sea hunter" greg brooks calls himself a treasure hunter extrao...

Nearest lifeboat. industry analysts are concerned by reports the crew seemed disoriented. >> the crew forgot their training. they didnt seem to provide the direction, the support. >> reporter: the cruise line injury says accidents such as this one are an extremely rare occurrence in the cruise industry and it insists cruising is safe. roughly 16 million people took cruise vacations in 2011 on the most established lines. up from 15 million in 2010. and the industry is growing. building 26 new shi...

More than half a mile deeper down than the "titanic," two miles deeper than the well b.p. struggled to cap in the gulf of mexico a year ago. >> luckily for us, the ships lying upright where the cargo holds open so its going to be like unloading the ship along the dockside as was intended, just three miles down. >> reporter: starting next spring, unmanned underwater cranes will begin salvaging the wreck, but with gordons company in for 80% of the haul and the british government 20%, its a matter ...

>> reporter: nearly three miles under the north atlantic, robotic cameras captured a thrilling sight for mark gordon and his salvage team last week. >> were getting to see something thats been missing for 70 years. >> its the wreckage of the s.s. "gairsoppa" a 412 foot british cargo ship sunk during world war ii by a nazi u-boat. thats the hole made by the torpedo. she was sailing from calcutta to liverpool. when the "gairsoppa" went down 300 miles off the irish coast along with a cargo of tea a...

Law -- suits against the british petroleum. its a good idea. >> thats a great idea, yeah. >> larry: the whale show, how long are you committed to this? this could go on for a long time, this animal planet, unless you succeed and theres no more harpooning. >> were the only television show that really wants to put itself off the air. we can do that by succeeding. every year were hoping we can shut this down and that will be the last "whale wars" show. and so thats our ultimate goal, to put ourselv...

Weve seen eight or nine whales and to watch them swim -- we came up on the factory ship, started our blockade and saw a pod of whales. it recharges your batteries. theres a lot of work, lot of stress in what we do and its so nice to see the wilderness down there. >> larry: what satisfaction do you get, bob? youre not out on the ship. >> oh, i have such a great feeling of pride to be associated with people like this in any way. i truly do. to think what theyre doing, theyre risking their lives in...

Time, this animal planet? unless you succeed theres no more harpooning. >> were the only television show that really wants to put itself off the air. we can do that by succeeding. every year were hoping we can shut this down and that will be the last "whale wars" show. thats the ultimate goal, is to put ourselves off the air. >> larry: what satisfaction do you get in what you do? >> extremely satisfying. weve seen eight or nine whales and to watch them swim -- we came up on the factory ship, sta...

Conducting surveillance off the coast of korea. korean claimed the ship crossed into its waters. they took all the officers and crew into custody, where many were said to be tortured. the captain reluctantly signed a document that confessed to spying, then they released the crewmen bus never gave back the peb he, which sits in a river there to this day. but think u.s. sailors tasted freedom, 41 years ago today. thats the fox report for this christmas eva longoria, wednesday, december 23, 2009, i...