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Video Of The Day: Amazing Ice Sculptures Wow Crowds In Japan
Dec 17th, 2012 at 7:00PM:
Today's Video of the Day comes from last year's Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan. Press "play" and you'll see why the week-long festival is one of the largest winter events in the country, attracting nearly two million people. Hundreds of snow statues and ice sculptures take over Sapporo's expansive Odori Park, as well as Susukino, a shopping and entertainment district, and the Sapporo ...
Tonga Shipwreck Discovered, Believed To Be Pirate Treasure Ship
Aug 12th, 2012 at 4:00PM: A recent discovery made by divers in Tonga could hold a missing puzzle piece to an age-old mystery. A local diver in the Ha'apai group of islands last month found wreckage believed to be a pirate vessel containing treasure that sank in 1806.
The Port-au-Prince, a British privateer, was attacked by local warriors after arriving in Tonga, with King Finau 'Ulukalala II ordering the crew to be ...Civil War shipwreck will become Florida's next underwater preserve
Jan 6th, 2012 at 4:00PM:
The wreck of a vessel that served in the Union navy during the Civil War is slated to become Florida's 12th underwater preserve, Tampa Bay Online reports.
The USS Narcissus was a tugboat armed with two cannons that participated in the important Battle of Mobile Bay. Shortly after the war it sank in a storm in Tampa Bay, Florida. As it went under, its boiler exploded and killed everyone ...The Vasa: an elegant seventeenth-century warship in Stockholm
Dec 30th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
Sweden's capital Stockholm has a lot to offer-fine dining, good shopping, lovely parks, access to some interesting day trips (the old Viking capital of Uppsala being my favorite) and a unique museum. The Vasa Ship Museum is one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions and it's easy to see why. It houses a beautifully preserved 17th century warship.
The Vasa was meant to be the pride of ...Naval Museum in Madrid: an overlooked treasure
Sep 12th, 2011 at 12:00PM: After six years of living in Madrid, I've finally made it to the Naval Museum.
It's overlooked by most tourists. In fact, it's overlooked by a lot of madrileños. I've met some locals who didn't even know it exists. Perhaps being so far away from the sea they don't expect there to be a major naval museum downtown. It also doesn't help that it's tucked behind a modest facade that's easy to ...Roman shipwreck found off Albanian coast
Aug 19th, 2011 at 2:00PM:
An underwater archaeological survey has turned up a Roman shipwreck off the coast of Albania.
As the above video shows, the remains of the ship are now little more than a heap of amphorae, the characteristic pots the Romans used to transport wine. The team hasn't had a chance to excavate the site yet, so more finds may lie hidden beneath the bottom of the sea.
The archaeologists estimate ...
Exclusive video: Archaeologists discover 17th century shipwreck believed to be from Captain Morgan fleet
Aug 2nd, 2011 at 1:30PM:
Archaeologists have discovered the wreckage of a 17th century ship they believe to be from the famed Captain Henry Morgan's fleet, lost off the coast of Panama in 1671.
The shipwreck was found on the Lajas Reef at the mouth of the Chagres River. The wreck is believed to be one of the boats lost as Morgan stormed Panama City in an attempt to take the Castillo de San Lorenzo, a Spanish fort on ...Blackbeard's pirate ship gives up its anchor
May 28th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
A pirate ship owned by the notorious Blackbeard is being investigated by archaeologists, who have just retrieved one of its anchors.
The Queen Anne's Revenge, was grounded in 1718 while trying to enter Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. Blackbeard had just come from blockading Charleston until he received a ransom. Currently the wreck lies in only 20 feet of water, as easily accessible to ...Archaeologists to raise 17th century shipwreck
May 14th, 2011 at 1:00PM:
The shipwreck of a 17th century merchant vessel off the coast of England is going to be raised from the sea, the BBC reports.
An armed merchant vessel that plied the high seas sank in the Swash Channel off the coast of Dorset more than 300 years ago. Underwater archaeology teams have been studying the wreck and have found cannon, pottery, and an intriguing face of a man carved into the ...Captain Kidd's pirate ship to become underwater museum
May 7th, 2011 at 2:00PM:
The submerged wreck of Captain Kidd's pirate ship will become a "Living Museum of the Sea" reports Science Daily.
The Quedagh Merchant was found a couple of years ago just off the coast of the Dominican Republic. It's only 70 feet from the shore of Catalina Island and rests in ten feet of water, so it's a perfect destination for scuba divers or even snorkelers.
Underwater signs will guide ...16-year old Abby Sunderland found safe at sea
Jun 11th, 2010 at 8:00AM: 16-year old American Abby Sunderland has been spotted safe at sea by a search plane that flew out of Perth this morning. The California native, who had been attempting to solo circumnavigate the Earth, is reportedly fine, and her ship is upright, although her sails are down, and most likely destroyed.
Yesterday morning, Abby contacted her support team, via satellite phone, to report that she ...Ship runs aground in the Galapagos
Mar 20th, 2010 at 8:00AM: On Wednesday of this week, a tourist ship named the M/S Alta ran aground, and became stuck on a reef in the Galapagos islands while entering the harbor at Puerto Ayora, along the southern coast of Santa Cruz island. The extent of the ecological damage to the reef has yet to be determined, but fortunately no one aboard was injured in the accident, which was caused, at least in part, due to a ..."Ghost Ship" of the Yukon found
Nov 28th, 2009 at 8:00AM: The shipwreck of a gold rush-era steamboat that sunk in a lake located in the Yukon Territory of Canada has been recently discovered and photographed for the first time according to this story from National Geographic. The boat went down in a storm back in 1901, and was found by salvage crew in October of 2008. The ship, known as the A.J. Goddard, is said to be sitting upright in the water and in ...Ship graveyards from around the world
Oct 28th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Eco-friendly website Environmental Graffiti has an interesting story on their site today that details some of the top cargo ship graveyards from around the world. The article also includes some amazing photos of the rusted out shells of former cargo and cruise ships that have been left to rot in a variety of sun baked locations. All told, there are five graveyards on the list, including the ...Shipwreck victims spend 25 days drifting in an icebox
Jan 19th, 2009 at 12:30PM: After losing their wooden fishing boat off the coast of Indonesia, these 2 Burmese men grabbed the only thing they could find in the heaps of wreckage surrounding them. It turns out that this piece of wreckage would be their home for the next 25 days as they drifted towards Australia in shark infested waters. When a coastguard plane spotted the men, a helicopter was sent to winch them in, and ...
