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Sea Level Change
The end of the current Ice-Age Unfortunately, many are caught up in the politics of whether man or nature is causing the current climate change. What should concern them more is how fast such changes are coming about. We are nearing the end of an ice-age with only remnants of the once great ice-caps left. At some point, major parts of the Greenland ice sheet and the West Antarctica ice sheet will slide into the sea. When this happens it won't just be a few centimeters of sea level rise over a period of many years. It will be five or six meters. And, when it happens, whether it is in our lifetime or hundreds of years from now, I am personally convinced that it will be extremely sudden and will be accompanied by waves that will travel around the world. The level of disaster left in its wake will make the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami with its 350,000 deaths look small. Even wi ›
Civil War USA/CSA
Shipwreck 1865 Patapsco (USS)
The following information has been adapted from Shipwrecks of South Carolina & Georgia 1523-1865 by Dr. E. Lee Spence, (Sea Research Society, 1984). © 1984, 2010. All rights reserved. SINKING OF THE USS PATAPSCO 1865-1-US-SC/GA-2: The United States monitor Patapsco, Lieutenant Commander Stephen D. Quackenbush commanding, hit a torpedo (Confederate min ›
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Civil War USA/CSA
Shipwreck 1863 Weehawken (USS)
The following information has been adapted from Shipwrecks of South Carolina & Georgia 1523-1865 by Dr. E. Lee ›
Civil War USA/CSA
Shipwreck 1863 Keokuk (USS)
The following information has been adapted from Shipwrecks of South Carolina & Georgia 1523-1865 by Dr. E. Lee Spence, (Sea Research Society, 1984). © 1984, 2010. All rights reserved. THE SINKING OF THE USS KEOKUK 1863-4-US-SC/GA-5: The United States ironclad steamer Keokuk, Commander A.C. Rhind, sank at her moorings in shallow water three and one half miles from F ›
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Shipwrecks
Causes of Shipwrecks
The average person believes that most shipwrecks lie in deep water, beyond all but extremely expensive, well equipped expeditions. They think most were sunk in ›
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Spanish Treasure Coins
Pieces of Eight
The legendary pirate coins known as “pieces-of-eight” were actually silver “dollars” made by native American craftsmen in Mexico, Peru, Colombia and o ›
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Government
Commercial Diving Regulations
// Federal Code: Rules & Regulations for Commercial Diving Operations, Divers & Diving Equipment ›
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Cartography
Mapping & Charting Terms (USA)
© 1989, 2010 by Edward Lee Spence. Finding a shipwreck requires more than just historical research, it require ›
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Shipwreck 1912 "Titanic"
RMS Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world when she sailed from Southampton, England bound to New ›
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Civil War USA/CSA
shipwreck 1864 "Presto"
The blockade runner Presto (a.k.a. Fergus), Captain Horsey, struck the wreck of the Minho, and got ashore nearly ›
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