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The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Ontario off the coast of the U.S. state of New York.It protects 41 known historically significant shipwrecks spanning 200 years of American maritime history, as well as 19 potential shipwreck sites.
Wrecks may present a variety of site-specific hazards to divers. Wrecks are often fouled by fishing lines or nets and the structure may be fragile and break without notice. Penetration diving, where the diver enters a shipwreck, is an activity exposing the diver to hazards of getting lost, entrapment and consequently running out of breathing gas.
Explosives detonating to sink the former HMNZS Wellington in 2005. Sinking ships for wreck diving sites is the practice of scuttling old ships to produce artificial reefs suitable for wreck diving, to benefit from commercial revenues from recreational diving of the shipwreck, or to produce a diver training site.
The list of shipwrecks in 2024 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2024. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The wreck of Samuel B. Roberts lies at a depth of 6,895 meters (22,621 ft; 4.284 mi), making her the deepest known shipwreck [12] and the deepest shipwreck ever identified by a crewed submersible. [ 13 ] [ 9 ] It exceeds the previous record of 6,469 meters (21,224 ft; 4.020 mi), set in March 2021 when Vescovo's team found and identified the ...
The healthy bone and cartilage are taken from areas of low stress in the joint so as to prevent weakening the joint. [11] Depending on the severity and overall size of the damage multiple plugs or dowels may be required to adequately repair the joint, which becomes difficult for osteochondral autografts.
Some viral videos involved more than one animal, like one the USA TODAY Network obtained in June showing a fearless bear fighting off two alligators in a Florida river.
Expedition to shipwreck in Tallinn Bay. The archaeology of shipwrecks is the field of archaeology specialized most commonly in the study and exploration of shipwrecks. [1] Its techniques combine those of archaeology with those of diving to become Underwater archaeology. However, shipwrecks are discovered on what have become terrestrial sites. [2]