VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-07-20
“It was a mix of long days at sea, technical problems and a lot of uncertainty. But then we saw structures on the sonar that looked like they could be reef signatures, which gave us hope that we were close.”
Gérard Zinzindohoué · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-20
Zinzindohoué recounted how sonar signatures gave the team hope of finding the reef.
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