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In a video streamed live from the Queen Maud Gulf off Nunavut, underwater archaeologist Ryan Harris moved from stern to bow, stopping at a handful of different points along the wreck to share clues from the long-sunk vessel.
Read moreI had lived in North America for a few years before I gave the Great Lakes much thought.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreTwo 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.
Read moreOne of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic more than 160 years ago has been found, Canada's prime minister says.
Read moreTwenty sailors died when the Walker sank in rough seas in the early morning hours of June 21, 1860, ten miles off Absecon Inlet on the New Jersey coast. The crew had finished its latest surveys in the Gulf of Mexico and was sailing to New York when the Walker was hit by a commercial schooner off New Jersey.
The side-wheel steamer, carrying 66 crewmembers, sank within 30 minutes. The sinking was the largest single loss of life in the history of the Coast Survey and its successor agency, NOAA.
Read moreThe discovery of Mars has not only lifted the city of Västervik to prominence as the base of an internationally reknown dive team but has also contributed a very exciting and important part to the history of the region—a history that the state is now in a position to research and highlight. During the 16th and 17th centuries, Västervik had one of the most significant naval and commercial shipyards in which many of the great ships of the era were built and launched.
Read moreThe Atlas, a two masted schooner, was built in Dexter, NY in 1838 and owned by Ortha Little & Son for the specific purpose of transporting building stone from the quarries in the Chaumont, NY area.
Read moreThe wreck of the Japanese pearling mothership Sanyo Maru sits on its keel at a depth of 27 metres some 60 kilometres off the Central Arnhem Land coast.
Read moreOriginally noted as an unidentified sonar contact in 2011, the shipwreck site was stumbled upon during a Shell Oil Company oil and gas survey.
Read moreExpedition leader Kieran Hosty, of the National Maritime Museum, said it was significant to Australia's maritime history. "Very few colonial trading vessels have been found in Australian waters; this is just one of a handful," he said.
Read moreAccording to Ekström the wreck, which appears to be dating from the 1700’s, is completely intact.
Read moreEarly canal boats prior to the 1850’s were limited in length to 78 feet as the locks of the original Erie and Oswego Canals were built to only 90 feet.
Read morePart-time marine archaeologists Hans and Roz Berekoven - who are married to each other - said their find was unlikely to yield any treasures as the ship had been a British cargo vessel, but it could add to knowledge of trade then, the Jakarta Glob
Read moreCanada's government says the discovery bolsters its claim to sovereignty over the Northwest Passage, which is feared threatened by increased shipping.
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