Topic ID #19845 - posted 5/22/2012 5:43 PM

200 Year Old Shipwreck Found in Gulf of Mexico



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NEW ORLEANS –  An oil company exploration crew's chance discovery of a 200-year-old shipwreck in a little-charted stretch of the Gulf of Mexico is yielding a trove of new information to scientists who say it's one of the most well-preserved old wrecks ever found in the Gulf.

Story:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/18/200-year-old-shipwreck-found-in-gulf-mexico/

Video (spectacular):
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/logs/dailyupdates/media/movies/highlights0426_video.html





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