Volvo’s Pirate Treasure
Volvo’s treasure hunt promotion coincided with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. The prize of $50,000 in gold and the keys to a new Volvo were buried somewhere near Davey Jones’ locker on the ocean floor, but until today there was no word on which lucky treasure hunter had navigated the mess of riddles and clues to find it.
Actually there is already a winner. 23-year-old Alena Zvereva from Ekaterinburg, Russia has been chosen but her prize will have to remain wet a little while longer as Odyssey Marine Exploration, the deep-ocean shipwreck exploration company with which Volvo partnered, has found real treasure somewhere in the Atlantic. The real booty consists of $500 million worth of gold and silver coins at a secret deep ocean site that Odyssey has named the ‘Black Swan’.
The retrieval of the prize chest will hang in the balance until controversy dies down over the discovery of real life treasure by Volvo’s Hunt partner, Odyssey Marine Exploration. Prior to the discovery, Volvo selected Odyssey, the world leader in deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, to sink a treasure chest with one goal: to create an authentic, exciting treasure hunt to promote Disney’s ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.’ Veiled in secrecy, Odyssey scouted locations in the Western Mediterranean, finally zeroing in on a perfect spot off the coast of Gibraltar. They had planned to take the winner out to retrieve the treasure from the secret location just when the operation hit an extraordinary find. Odyssey discovered a real buried treasure estimated to worth about $500 million in coins.
The exploration hasn’t revealed any development about the treasure find. Most of the information are top secret. However whatever happens, Zvereva will receive $50,000 and a new Volvo XC70.
The Volvo XC70 is a station wagon that covers the best of the best Volvo standard and optional equipment, safety features and overall driving performance.
