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2 shipwrecks found in some of our 'most unexplored' waters

By Kate Seamons
Published January 07, 2016
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A small anchor; a chain plate, which held rigging used to tighten
masts; and an iron knee, which was likely part of the ship's frame.
(Credit: NOAA)

A small anchor; a chain plate, which held rigging used to tighten
masts; and an iron knee, which was likely part of the ship's frame.
(Credit: NOAA)

The hunt for an abandoned whaling fleet took NOAA archaeologists to
what they describe as "one of the planet's most unexplored ocean
regions": the waters off the Arctic coast of Alaska.

There they say they've found two ships that have slumbered in the deep
for almost a century and a half. And while the shipwrecks are
associated with no human toll, an [179]NOAA press release explains they
did contribute to a death of sorts.

The backstory: In September 1871, 33 [180]of 40 whaling ships operating
in the North Pacificâ€"a group that had dwindled from 292 ships 25 years
priorâ€"found themselves trapped in ice.

They were near the shore, and in prior years, the wind typically
shifted, pushing the ice seaward and effectively unlocking the ships.
That didn't happen that year, leaving 1,219 people "stranded at the top
of the world." Incredibly, they all survived, having made the decision
to row 90 miles in whaling boats to the seven ships that had escaped
the ice, reports [181]KTVA.

Still, the NOAA explains that the event is viewed as "one of the major
causes of the demise of commercial whaling in the United States." A
project co-director explains to the [182]Alaska Dispatch News that
while items have washed ashore over the years, no items tied to the
lost fleet had been found beneath the water.

Using modern sonar and sensing technology and aided by an absence of
ice in the Chukchi Sea, the "magnetic signature" of the two ships was
established down to the "outline of their flattened hulls." And while
sea ice typically proves unfriendly to such relics, "we found artifacts
that were just sitting" there in the fall of 2015, perhaps long
protected by a sandbar.

Among the finds: pots that rendered whale blubber into oil. (The
ancient [183]shipwreck capital of the world has been found.)

This article originally appeared on Newser: [184]Shipwrecks That Helped
Doom a US Industry Are Found

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