Please, find below the first nautical news for 2012. Thanks to Toni Carrell and Susan Langley for the gentle reminder!

1. Shipwreck graveyard found beneath Western Australian car park:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-28/story-4/3750362
See also: http://carparkwhalers.com/site/

2. Maritime crew to search for Royal mess [“Royal Charlotte”]:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/maritime-crew-to-search-for-royal-mess/story-e6frea73-1226235801520?sv=2046708fc18b4c5c1492673b6251107e&mid=56

3. Sackler Gallery cancels controversial exhibit of Tang dynasty treasures from shipwreck:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sackler-gallery-cancels-controversial-exhibit-of-tang-dynasty-treasures-from-shipwreck/2011/12/15/gIQAnlyjwO_story.html
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/12/smithsonian-scuppers-shipwreck.html?ref=ra

4. Seabed with 13th-century Mongol shipwreck may become historic site:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111231a7.html

5. Mazotos shipwreck: Hull of ancient ship revealed:
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/antiquities-department/hull-ancient-ship-revealed/20111224

6. In Ostia Antica, Italy, clues to past glories:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/travel/in-ostia-antica-italy-clues-to-past-glories.html?scp=1&sq=ostia%20antica&st=cse

7. 2,100-year-old Roman shipwreck with hundreds of wine jars found off Albania’s coast:
http://www.therecord.com/news/world/article/582430–2-100-year-old-roman-shipwreck-with-hundreds-of-wine-jars-found-off-albania-s-coast

8. Five medieval shipwrecks from Stockholm:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/five-ancient-shipwrecks-found-central-stockholm-171403067.html
http://thedailynewsegypt.com/archaeology/five-ancient-shipwrecks-found-in-central-stockholm.html

9. Kaiser Wilhelm II’s urinal discovered in Baltic Sea shipwreck:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/09/kaiser-wilhelm-urinal-shipwreck_n_1139266.html

10. Secrets of life on Newport’s medieval ship revealed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16223444

11. Ship sunk four centuries ago virtually reconstructed in 3-D at Texas A&M:
http://tamutimes.tamu.edu/2011/12/20/ship-sunk-four-centuries-ago-virtually-reconstructed-in-3-d-at-texas-am/

12. Rare DNA variant may disprove paleolithic migration to America across the Atlantic:
http://ohio-archaeology.blogspot.com/2011/12/rare-dna-variant-may-disprove.html

13. Researchers claim enough evidence to look for shipwreck near NE Wisconsin [“Griffin”]:
http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2011/dec/19/researchers-claim-enough-evidence-to-look-for-shipwreck-near-ne-wisconsin/
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/researchers_excavation_of_ship.html
http://www.aikenstandard.com/Nation/1219-ap-Researchers–Excavation-of-shipwreck-warranted

14. La Universidad de Tejas investigará pecios del XVI en aguas de Fisterra:
http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/ocioycultura/2011/12/09/0003_201112G9P44991.htm

15. University of Michigan divers retrieve prehistoric wood from Lake Huron:
http://www.boynegazette.com/2011/u-m-divers-retrieve-prehistoric-wood-from-lake-huron/

16. BOEM and BSEE update guidance for offshore archaeological protection:
http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/boem-and-bsee-update-guidance-for-offshore-archaeological-protection

17. “Walter B. Allen” shipwreck near Sheboygan deemed historic site:
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20111230/APC0101/112300504/Shipwreck-one-history-books?odyssey=mod%7Cdefcon%7Ctext%7CAPC-News
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-shipwreck-histori,0,3257530.story

18. Civil War-era wreck off Egmont Key to become preserve [USS “Narcissus”]:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20111229/ARTICLE/111229505

19. Feds update historic shipwreck protections [Gulf of Mexico]:
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20111231/ARTICLES/111239955

20. Mystery of downed WW II-era plane partially solved [Florida]:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/mystery-of-downed-ww-ii-era-plane-partially-2071629.html

21. Ten Grants that illuminated the World [1977: Ballard, Bass]:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ten-grants-that-illuminated-the-world-2011-12-08
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ten-grants-that-illuminated-the-world-135245818.html

22. Susan Langley: Archaeologist digs diving:
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/12/27/19171236.html
http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3415772

23. A good and just law for shipwreck heritage [Bermuda’s Historic Wrecks Act 2001]:
http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20111210/ISLAND09/712109993

24. Benchley: Romance Of Bermuda’s wrecks:
http://bernews.com/2011/12/benchley-romance-of-bermudas-wrecks/

25. Norway and Canada in Row Over 80-Year-Old Shipwreck:
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/norway-and-canada-in-row-over-80-year-old-shipwreck-162427.html

26. Ontario lays off its marine archeologist:
http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/news/article/1272093–ontario-lays-off-its-marine-archeologist

27. Skeletons point to Columbus voyage for syphilis origins [once again]:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-skeletons-columbus-voyage-syphilis.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-12/eu-spt122011.php

28. Pirates of the Marine Silk Road:
http://www.archaeology.org/1109/features/south_china_sea_ming_dynasty_shipwreck.html

29. Sri Lanka Maritime Archaeology Unit recovers wrecked ancient ship:
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_11B/Dec23_1324628424CH.php

30. Matchless expectations on a yacht called “Sea Cloud”:
http://mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2011/12/16/main_line_times/life/doc4eeb96958c6ae176983423.txt

31. ‘Mission Impossible’–underwater! [New book: “Crescent Dawn” by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler, published by Penguin (2011)]:
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-266634-mission-impossible—-underwater.html

32. “Titanic” artifacts headed to auction:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/12/29/144445117/titanic-artifacts-to-be-auctioned http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/huge-trove-of-titanic-artifacts-to-be-auctioned/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16360688
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-titanicn1e7bs05f-20111229,0,3388076.story
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/apnewsbreak-titanic-artifacts-headed-auction-15251281
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/lifestyle/deep-rift-over-titanic-treasure/story-e6frg9zo-1226233187032
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204720204577128490379553470.html

33. Lobbyists battle over sunken treasure:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lobbyists-battle-over-sunken-treasure/2011/12/12/gIQAn4nauO_story.html

34. Treasure hunters battle for $500 million bounty:
http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Treasure-hunters-battle-for-500-million-bounty-2406490.php

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Wendy van Duivenvoorde, PhD
Lecturer in Maritime Archaeology
Department of Archaeology | Flinders University

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