In 1980, Michigan adopted laws protecting the shipwrecks on its Great Lakes bottomlands in order to ensure that they remain for future generations to study and enjoy. It also created a system of volunteer-managed Underwater Preserves. Today there are thirteen preserves around the state. One,, w...
Map created byRean Monfils The GIS database has records of3,800 vesselslost in WWII while the AMIO database has records of a further3,950 vessels. The combined total of WWII shipwrecks stands at7,807 vesselsworldwide according toThe Global Risk of Marine Pollution from WWII Shipwrecks:Examples...
This worldwide map has captured images of rotting and rusting hulls wasting away in shallow waters the world over. Here are 22 mysterious shipwrecks you can see on Google Earth that have yet to be fully salvaged or worn away by the elements. SS City of Adelaide (Image credit: Google ...
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Island-hopping offers the chance to go wherever the winds take you: meet local people, commune with tropical fish, sip a bottle of rum on a desert island.
A journey spanning millennia, Greek archaeologists have embarked on an extraordinary quest to unveil the secrets hidden beneath the waves off the shores of Kasos, an island steeped in myth and history. Spanning nearly 5,000 years of maritime activity, the discovery of ten ancient shipwrecks serves...
and seal skeletons that litter the beaches here, dating back to when the whaling industry was active, but also from the many shipwrecks that have happened on the treacherous rocks over the centuries since the early Portuguese and Dutch explorers attempted to find a route around Africa to India....
FKNMS's website has an underwater guide for each site on the Shipwreck Trail, providing the shipwreck and mooring buoy positions, history, a site map, and information about marine life inhabiting the wrecks. The deeper wrecks in 100 to 250 feet of water hold the larger, loner fish such ...
on the ocean (4) ___ at a depth of around 6,456 metres. The film crew managed to go down to that incredible depth and darkness and map and film the (5) ___ shipwreck. They filmed the ship from a specially built submersible that can deal with the pressure of the deep ocean. They...
hasn't acted on the financing bill since the March hearing before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries. The subcommittee's chair, Rep. Cliff Bentz of Oregon, suggested during the hearing that proponents do a better job articulating the value of a new m...