Maritime Archaeology (SHIPWRECKS) Encore with Chanelle Zaphiropoulos
Shipwrecks. Treasure. Sunken planes. Scuttled submarines. New life forming around old machinery. There’s an -ology for that -- just ask Maritime Archaeologist and wreck nerd Chanelle Zaphiropoulos. This absolutely charming and passionate scuba diver, history buff and antiquities scholar dishes about pirates, warships, admirals worth admiring, and ships ranging in size from water taxis to the Costa Concordia and Titanic. Also world record diving stats, war graves, how owning a fountain pen can be egregious and why a Midwestern coal barge from the 1970s is worthy of weeping over. Ahoy!
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Links to things we discussed:
Vasa wreck, a victim’s brain material discovered preserved
“Enslaved” documentary trailer
Dr. Robert Ballard helped discover the Titanic
Mary Rose shipwreck, later excavated and resurfaced
The Swedish Vasa wreck of 1628, later resurfaced
The Labelle, a Gulf Coast Bay wreck that was resurfaced
Sending texts from the Titanic
“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot doesnt want the Edmund Fitzgerald to be forgotten
Thomas Bentsen and David Weiss Memorial Scholarship, Northwest Michigan college: Scholarship for cadets who perished on the Edmunds Fitzgerald
Flora/fauna of the HMS Olympus
The reef ecology of the HMS Olympus
Why do ships have a gender, anyway?
Sunken Treyshure from 1715 off the Florida Treasure coast
Best wreck diving around the world
How does Carbon-14 dating work?
Some lakes are colder than others
“Elgin Marbles” aka Parthenon Marbles
Laskarina Bouboulina: Badass Russian lady who fought in the war for Greek Independence
Costa Concordia captain “fell” into a “lifeboat”
Dgħajsa: YOU pronounce it, okay??
Gundila shipwreck in Lake Superior
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Classical Archeology (ANCIENT ROME)
Domicology (ABANDONED BUILDINGS, RECYCLED HOUSES & GHOST TOWNS)
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