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Living inside shipwreck it's what we're doing, admit it or not. One task of art and criticism is teaching us how best to admit it. Even, perhaps, to love it. Three artistic near-disasters, which are also stories about disaster -- James Cameron's film Titanic (1997), Bob Dylan's song "Tempest" (2012), and Thomas Pynchon's novel Inherent Vice (2009 ...
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Shipwrecks and sudden deaths [PDF]
In countries where we have good historical population statistics life expectancy has increased with a remarkable 3 months per year, year after year during the past 160 years.1 The main causes of this development must be improvements in social conditions, broadly defined.
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Ships Arriving at Ports and Tales of Shipwrecks: Heterotopia and Seafaring, 16th to 18th Centuries
The objective of this article is to provide a critical analysis of maritime heterotopia as a category for reinterpreting ships, shipwrecks and maritime landscapes between the 16th and 18th centuries.
Ana Crespo-Solana
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Summary describing the work completed at PBS&J for the Impact of Recent Hurricane Activity on Historic Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology,
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A report investigating the hurricane damage of shipwrecks against which anthropogenic damage associated with oil and gas activity can be ...
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Artificial reefs, in the Eastern Mediterranean (Cyprus,) became a popular and frequently used tool, in fisheries and biodiversity conservation management.
Carlos Jimenez +6 more
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Well-preserved shipwrecks from the Baltic Sea – a new perspective
The cold brackish water of the Baltic Sea is well known for its unique properties that preserve marine archaeological material. However, the biological activity and chemical mechanisms that take place in such waterlogged wood has consequences for their ...
Fors, Yvonne,, Björdal, Charlotte,
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Maritime archaeology and identification of historic shipwrecks: A legal perspective
Identifying the name of a historic shipwreck is often a primary issue that a court needs to address when deciding salvage claims over the shipwreck. Based upon case studies and doctrinal analysis, this paper explores four key issues in the identification
Huang, J
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Lighthouses and Shipwrecks of Maine
The Lighthouses and Shipwrecks of Maine map was created using data from the Maine Office of GIS, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u27s Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System, and the Great American Lighthouse Resource.
Rolleri, Jackie, (\u2706)
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Stability Constraints of ROV-Coordinated Hole Drilling on Shipwrecks
Remotely operated vehicle(ROV)-coordinated hole drilling on shipwrecks is a key technical component for achieving underwater drilling and oil extraction integration.
Dongjun GUO, Xuyang WANG
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