Maritime Heritage

2012 Maritime Heritage Expedition Log by Etta Karth – July 8, 2012

The Hiʻialakai arrived at its first destination one day early. French Frigate Shoals, where the Maritime Heritage Team discovered the Two Brothers shipwreck in 2008. The research teams were all more than prepared for this opportunity. The dive team did a quick tow snorkel to locate former artifacts like one of the try pots used to extract blubber of a whale and boil it down into a liquid form.

Bert Ho helps Jason Raupp with a tow rope used to pull him across the <em>Two Brothers</em> wreck site.

Bert Ho (National Park Service/ Submerged Resources Center) helps Jason Raupp (Finders University, South Australia) with a tow rope used to pull him across the Two Brothers wreck site quickly to identify former artifact locations near Shark Island at FFS. Credit: Etta Karth/NOAA

Cathy Green utilizes an underwater metal detector to locate artifacts not easily seen by the eye.

Cathy Green (NOAA/ONMS) utilizes an underwater metal detector to locate artifacts not easily seen by the eye. Credit: Etta Karth/NOAA

2012 Maritime Heritage Expedition Log by Etta Karth – July 8, 2012

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