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INA Aboard Titanic Mission

Follow this mission through INA President James Delgado's blog as he takes part in this groundbreaking mission to the Titanic wreck site. The team of leading archaeologists, oceanographers and scientists will undertake “what is arguably the most technologically advanced scientific expedition to Titanic ever organized.” Follow Kerry Sander's NBC News reports and regular posts on Facebook. Read More.

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NEW Bass Lecture

"A special lecture in honor of George F. Bass has been established by the Archaeological Institute of America. The Lecture is made possible by the generous contributions made by the members and friends of our sister organization, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA)." -- AIA Read More.

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Welcome Aboard!

INA is pleased to announce a new agreement with East Carolina Unversity’s Program in Maritime Studies. Headed by Dr. Lawrence E. Babits, the Program is an active participant and leader in North American nautical archaeology, maritime history, and material culture studies. INA is currently providing support for an ECU project headed by Dr. David Stewart and Dr. Fred Hocker of the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, and this new agreement paves the way for continued collaboration in the US and abroad. Look out for the full story in the next issue of The INA Quarterly coming out later this summer!

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Fritz Hanselmann

INA hires Talented Emerging Professional as Field Archaeologist/Dive Safety Officer.

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A Mapping REVOLUTION

Watch: Evelyn, Forgotten Klondike Gold Rush Steamboat, A Digital Preservation (image quality has been reduced for online viewing) More on this technology can be found at EPICSCAN.
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The Underwater Blogger

Check out INA president, Jim Delgado's guest blog for the Museum of Underwater Archaeology!

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This American Life

"Contents Unknown", Act Two. He Shapes Ship Shapes by the Sea Shore. Hosted by Ira Glass, this is a fascinating series featuring "stories of filling in the blank" including an interview with INA's Fred van Doorninck and George Bass on 50 years of work on a Byzantine shipwreck off Yassıada. The interview begins at the 23.37 mark of the recording.

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Gold Rush "Ghost Ship" Discovered in Canada's Sub-arctic

Glimpse first-ever images of the frontier steamer AJ Goddard, since it disappeared in October 1901. Read more.

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Gülser Kazancıoğlu is honored by Karia Rotary Club (Turkey), 21 Dec 2009

A conservation technician at INA's Bodrum facilities since 1982 Gülser is affectionately known as the "puzzle magician" who has pieced together mountains of glasses of the Serçe Limanı project and has assisted on almost all other projects in Bodrum, including the Uluburun ceramics.

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A Passion for Nautical Archaeology

INA Director Oğuz Aydemir is interviewed by Global Atlanta on underwater archaeology, INA and Turkey amongst his many interests.

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New! Doctoral Studies in Maritime Archaeology!

BEEGS, the doctoral school at Södertörn University, Stockholm, now offers a new opportunity for doctoral study in archaeology. For more information about how to apply see the BEEGS website.