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Two years before this expedition, I had booked a trip with a team from England to dive the wrecks of Jutland (in the North Sea, near the western coast of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula), but this trip was cancelled at the last moment because the expe
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The HMS Warrior II, once formerly named "Goizeko Izarra", was built in 1904 in Troon, Scotland, as a luxury steam yacht for a private owner. The ship was 284 feet (84 meters) long, an extraordinary size for this type of ship.
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I had lived in North America for a few years before I gave the Great Lakes much thought.
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The Aeolian Archipelago is a group of seven volcanic islands north of Sicily, Italy. The islands are listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites both for their unique natural environment on land and underwater, and for their oral tradition.
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The Halifax bomber was struck by heavy flak and made a successful crash landing 600ft down a water inlet in northern Norway.
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During bloody battles in 1944 between American and Japanese almost two dozen aircraft had fallen into waters around Palau, leaving around 70 airmen missing in action.
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The B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing and one of the largest aircraft to have seen service during World War II.
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A new archaeological study has discovered a Haida site dating back 13,800 years off British Columbia’s Juan Perez Sound.
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The brew was reproduced thanks to elaborate research by Finnish and Belgian scientists who teamed up after the wreckage was discovered off Finland's Aaland Islands in 2010.
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It is a significant find that will aid in the understanding of commerce and trade routes in the ancient world, around 218-210 B.C.
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During the battle between the French and the Dutch, who controlled Tobago at the time, the French flagship Glorieux, with her superior guns, sank the Dutch vessel on 3 March 1677.
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On land, artifacts from different periods can get mixed up. And, most artifacts recovered from sites on land are mere remnants— broken bits and pieces that were either thrown away intentionally or were left behind accidentally.
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Shipwreck explorers Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville began their initial search for vessel in September 2008. What was thought to be an easy shipwreck to find turned out to be more of a challenge than they expected, Kennard said.
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Two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were part of Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition in 1845 to find the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic Ocean to Asia.
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One of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic more than 160 years ago has been found, Canada's prime minister says.
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