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| Learn about how the Lucerne sank in the Chequamegon Bay in 1886 |
| Learn about how archaeologist explore underwater shipwrecks |
| Learn how artifacts are conserved after they have been excavated from their underwater resting places |
| Discover how sunken ships are found |
| Learn how archaeologists document their discoveries when they are examining a shipwreck |
| Underwater Archaeology |
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| Learn about why there were so many shipwrecks in the 1800s off Wisconsin's shores. |
| Date: | 06 22 2015 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of the starboard side of the bow of the schooner Home, the site of the collision damage that sank the ship. The sampson post and win... |
| Date: | 09 09 2008 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of a scuba diver (an underwater archaeologist) shining a light on two liquor or water jugs that had been pulled out during the archaeologic... |
| Date: | 02 03 2011 |
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| Description: | Underwater overhead view of the schooner Home taken from the starboard side near the stern. Two underwater archeologists are swimming over the site ... |
| Date: | 02 03 2011 |
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| Description: | Underwater overhead view of the collision damage and the deck of the schooner Home. Two underwater archeologists are surveying the site. |
| Date: | 08 05 2013 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of two archeologists surveying a portion of the Lakeland. The divers are using cameras, with three or four strobes attached by an ar... |
| Date: | 06 22 2015 |
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| Description: | Underwater starboard view of the Lakeland. While the ship remains largely intact, it is split in half, with the back end of the ship in the backgrou... |
| Date: | 06 10 2005 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of algae and mussels living on the engine mount of the sunken Louisiana. To the left, an underwater archeologist is surveying the si... |
| Date: | 06 10 2005 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of an underwater archeologist investigating the drift pins of the Louisiana. Algae and mussels are covering most of the wood of the ... |
| Date: | 06 10 2005 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of an archeologist surveying the frames of the Louisiana. Mussels and algae are growing on the wood of the ship. |
| Date: | 08 03 2014 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of an archeologist examining the bow of the Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 08 03 2014 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of an archeologist surveying the site of the sunken Milwaukee. The archeologist is swimming over a measuring tape, which runs from t... |
| Date: | 01 21 2011 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of the stern of the Northerner. The timber cargo is in the hold. An archeologist is surveying and photographs the wreck off the star... |
| Date: | 01 21 2011 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of five maritime archeologists measuring and surveying the bow of the sunken Northerner. Much of the ship appears intact, except the... |
| Date: | 05 12 2015 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of the bow of the Pathfinder. Algae is growing along the sides, and clumps of sand are on the ship. A maritime archeologist is surve... |
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