Insights from the 50th International Congress of Maritime Museums
For many, the ocean is life. It provides transportation, work, commerce, food, recreation—tales as old as time and shared by people across the globe. These stories are lived day to day, passed down between generations, and shared with the public through various media. Maritime museums assume responsibility to share these histories while honoring the communities shaped ocean exploration and commerce. In a decade where ocean health and climatic events have become a primary focus, museums have the added challenge of sharing the urgency of marine conservation while engaging and educating through
National Maritime Museum acquires Liquid Traces: The Left to Die Boat Case from Forensic Oceanography
The National Maritime Museum -- Royal Museums Greenwich, UK -- has recently acquired Liquid Traces: The Left to Die Boat Case, a video made by Forensic Oceanography researchers Lorenzo Pezzani and Charles Heller in 2014.Forensic Oceanography is a project that emerged out of Forensic Architecture based at Goldsmiths, University of London. Liquid Traces interrogates the impact of policies and practices of abandoning migrant vessels in distress in overlapping jurisdictions, as evidenced during the First Libyan Civil War in 2011.The video reconstructs the route of a small boat that was carrying seventy-two
Has Captain Cook’s Ship Endeavour Been Found?
The Australian National Maritime Museum has announced a shipwreck found in Newport Harbor, off Rhode Island in the United States, has been confirmed as Captain Cook’s ship, HMB Endeavour.There have been very similar announcements made over the years but have they finally made a definitive case?By making its announcement, the Australian National Maritime Museum seems to have decided so, and there does seem to have been significant recent progress, centered on one shipwreck that matches the known details of the Endeavour closely.However, reports soon emerged lead investigator on the Endeavour
Eye on the Navy: Navy extends Life for Research Ships, but Says Farewell to FLIP
,” said Sparrock. While FLIP’s fate may be final, Sparrock said the platform deserves to be remembered and her accomplishments appreciated.“FLIP is so historic; it just doesn’t seem right to scrap her,” said Sparrock.“I’d like to see a naval base or maritime museum adopt FLIP, and install the 55-foot section in the upright position so people can see it and actually go on it,” Sparrock said. “The other 300 feet can be sunk as a reef for divers.”“I think it would be very cool to have FLIP installed vertically somewhere, with its booms
Gallery: Wreckage of Major German World War Two Warship Discovered Off Norway
and the vessel was finally sunk by the Germans themselves, resting upright on the seabed at a depth of 490 meters, some 13 nautical miles (24 kilometers) off the coast."You can find Karlsruhe's fate in history books, but no one has known exactly where the ship sunk," Norwegian Maritime Museum archaeologist and researcher Frode Kvaloe said.Statnett said its subsea power cable, which connects Norway with Denmark, would have been laid further away from the wreckage if its location had been known at the time of construction.The Apr. 9, 1940, attack marked the start of the Nazi invasion
Fugro Joins Hunt for Long-lost WWI Sub
use a state-of-the-art multibeam echosounder to conduct a bathymetric survey and a sophisticated autonomous underwater vehicle for close examination of the search area. The expedition will be led by the not-for-profit-company Find AE1 Ltd, with support from Fugro, the Australian National Maritime Museum and the Submarine Institute of Australia. Another not-for-profit organization, Silentworld Foundation, which focuses on Australasian maritime archaeology, and the Royal Australian Navy are also major sponsors funding the efforts to locate this piece of Australian history and enable proper commemorati
Learning About Underwater Science
world of underwater science. SUT is inviting local schools to events in Aberdeen and London to help them learn about the careers opportunities that the oceans have to offer. The free events, which take place at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center on December 2 and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich on December 4, will include a structured mix of audio-visual presentations by leading industry experts from a range of underwater science and technology backgrounds. The Aberdeen session is aimed at primary 6 and 7 children. They will hear presentations from three industry experts
Blue Tech Economy and the 'View from the Top'
Academy Maritime Technology Lifetime Achievement: Nancy Taylor, Exploring STEM Careers Initiative Maritime Community Leadership: Port of San Diego Rober & Laura Kyle Chair in Mariitme History at the Maritime Museum of San Diego: Dr. Mark Hanna, UCSD Sustainable Seafood: Tuna Harbor Dockside Market TMA Cluster Supporter of the Year: Julia Rauner Guerrero, U.S. Commercial Service For more
PiE 2014 Keynote Speakers Revealed
a unique guided tour through the National Park which comprises one of the most valuable and fascinating tidal areas in the world featuring vast biodiversity and aquatic phenomena. In extension of the Wadden Sea guided tour, the conference will also embrace a dinner visit to the Fisheries and Maritime Museum of Esbjerg. The majority of the PiE 2014 conference will take place at the Esbjerg Conference Hotel, where a diverse range of speakers will highlight the latest development within the realm of particle monitoring, management and technology. The organizers expect that the conference will
February 2024
