Sanctuary Lecture Series: The Search for the Lost Whaling Fleets of the Western Arctic
Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center 500 West Fletcher Street, Alpena, MI, United StatesBrad Barr, PhD, NOAA/ONMS Maritime Heritage Program In August 2015, a team of maritime archaeologists from NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries traveled to the Arctic to search for 19th Century whaling shipwrecks. The “Search for the Lost Whaling Fleets of the Western Arctic” expedition conducted seabed mapping surveys along the [...]