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Recovered B-52 ejection seat gives rise to unanswered questions
24 May 2012, 11:00 pm
Sgt. Bruce Reed of the Maine Forest Service, Pete Pratt of the Moosehead Riders Snowmobile Club and club member Dave Demers examine the B-52 ejection seat Reed found while hunting last fall after a hike on Elephant Mountain on May 24, 2012.
Stricken Ship Drifts Towards Barrier Reef
19 May 2012, 7:24 pm
A broken-down cargo ship is drifting out of control on the fringes of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, with fears of major damage if it runs aground.
Troubled freighter drifts toward Great Barrier Reef
19 May 2012, 8:33 am
A broken-down cargo ship was drifting towards the fringes of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Saturday, with fears of major damage if it were to run aground at the World Heritage-listed site.
Poachers steal 800-year-old cedar in Vancouver Island park
17 May 2012, 5:44 pm
Wood poachers have invaded a remote park on the west coast of Vancouver Island that is home to Canada’s tallest trees: Their quarry was a giant cedar estimated to be 800 years old. “I believe the poachers have access to heavy-duty equipment: Firewood
salvagers in pickup trucks can’t handle trees of this size,” Torrance Coste of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee told the (Victoria) Times ...
Justices say no to shipwreck salvagers
14 May 2012, 7:02 pm
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has again steered clear of an international dispute over the treasure salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck. The justices on Monday rejected appeals from the deep-sea explorers who found the wreck of a sunken Spanish galleon and Peru, both of which objected to court rulings awarding the treasure to Spain. [...]
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Australian tug reaches ship adrift off Barrier Reef - AsiaOne
20 May 2012, 4:00 am
A major catastrophe was ultimately avoided but the huge ship gouged a three kilometre-long (1.8 mile) scar in the world's biggest coral reef and was stranded for nine days before
salvagers could refloat it. Environmental group WWF Australia said in the ...
Concordia salvage to start early 2013 - Big Pond
18 May 2012, 9:20 pm
salvagers believe the wreck of the Costa Concordia will be ready for towing by early next year. Captain Richard Habib is the managing director of Titan Salvage. He says the ship, now lying on its side on rocky seabed near the port of Giglio island ...
Navy ship sunk as artificial reef - China Daily
17 May 2012, 12:36 am
The Spiegel Grove gained international attention May 17, 2002, when it sank prematurely and rolled over leaving its upside-down bow protruding above the sea, before
salvagers sank it fully on its side three weeks later and Hurricane Dennis helped to set it ...
