The St. Lawrence is one of the most difficult rivers in the world to navigate. It has been the site of collisions, groundings and shipwrecks. Several thousand wrecks lie beneath its surface.
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Articles on Shipwrecks
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Earlier this month, one of the most famous shipwrecks in history was discovered in a part of Antarctica claimed by multiple nations.
We’re searching for ways to use recovered bones and teeth to better understand time spent in the sea, and the overall journey of the mortal remains.
Throughout the past 230 years, over 1,200 vessels met their end on the reef – but only 114 have been found.
Shipwrecks, plane crashes and lost desert expeditions in Australian history all feature stories of horror and disaster that rival the thrilling TV show Yellowjackets.
Archival records of Dutch timber trade before 1650 are rare or lost. But the wooden timbers of the Batavia contain many secrets.
Money cowries were used for thousands of years as currency across the Indo-Pacific world but introduced into Atlantic commercial networks relatively late.
It’s difficult to tell a shipwreck from a natural feature on the ocean floor in a scan taken from a plane or ship. This project used deep learning to get it right 92% of the time.
Oceanographer Robert D. Ballard, who is best known for finding the wreck of Titanic, has written a memoir recounting his biggest discoveries and calling for more ocean exploration.
A recent ruling allowing a new expedition to the Titanic wreck gives the go ahead to commercial exploitation.
Seeking ways to engage students with Shakespeare’s Scottish play in far north Queensland, highlights disjunctions and surprising correlations between play and place.
The sediments that accumulate beneath seagrass meadows can act as secure vaults for shipwrecks and other precious artefacts, by stopping water and oxygen from damaging the delicate timbers.
As the first European seafaring vessel to reach the east coast of Australia, the Endeavour – much like James Cook himself – has become part of Australia’s national mythology.
The cargo ship was built at around the time that England was beginning to look further afield for trade opportunities.
Raising U-3523 wouldn’t be worth the incredible cost.
More than 48 shipwrecks have been illicitly salvaged - and the figure may be much higher. Museums can play a key role in the protection of these wrecks, alongside strategic recovery and legislative steps.
The French La Pérouse expedition left Botany Bay in 1788, and then vanished, rumoured to be wrecked in the Solomon Islands. But an Indian newspaper article might reveal the fate of its survivors.
Archaeologists this week found that more than half of of HMAS Perth, a WWII wreck in Indonesia, has disappeared. It’s now a race to protect the millions of other wrecks and sunken cities lying under the oceans.
168 years on, experts are finally uncovering the secrets of the Royal Navy’s tragic expedition to the Northwest Passage.
Historical insight is not the only thing that has been raised with the Mary Rose.
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Curriculum Coordinator, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, University of Sydney
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PhD; Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Research Associate, University of Amsterdam
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Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Head of Knowledge, Australian National Maritime Museum and Honorary Affiliate, University of Sydney
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Kimberley Chair in Rock Art and Professor of Australian Archaeology, Centre for Rock Art Research and Management, The University of Western Australia
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Honorary Lecturer, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
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Lecturer in English, Australian National University
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College Curator, Royal Holloway University of London
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Associate Professor of Dendrochronology, University of Arizona
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ARC DECRA Fellow, Edith Cowan University
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Assistant Professor of Geography, The University of Southern Mississippi
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Sport and Exercise Biomechanist, Swansea University
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PhD researcher, Swansea University
