{"id":18316,"date":"2014-11-19T11:40:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T16:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=18316"},"modified":"2014-11-21T09:43:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T14:43:18","slug":"underwater-archeologist-to-talk-about-arctic-shipwreck-discoveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2014\/11\/19\/underwater-archeologist-to-talk-about-arctic-shipwreck-discoveries\/","title":{"rendered":"Underwater archeologist to talk about Arctic shipwreck discoveries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Parks Canada\u2019s Jonathan Moore unwraps the ship\u2019s bell of HMS Erebus in a lab aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Photo: Parks Canada\/Thierry Boyer<\/p><\/div>\n

Not that many of us want to be archeologists when we grow up. Even fewer aspire to put on wet suits and attempt archeology underwater. But for those who like that stuff, and for armchair adventurers who follow their findings, Jonathan Moore must be living the dream.<\/p>\n

Moore grew up in Kingston <\/a>where he earned a classics degree at Queen’s University followed by a Master’s degree in Maritime Studies from the University of St. Andrew’s Scotland. He’s now an underwater archeologist with Parks Canada and was a key player on the team that discovered a ship from the long-sought Franklin Expedition<\/a>, which made many headlines in Canada in September. The find was later confirmed to be the HMS Erebus.<\/p>\n

Moore is giving a public lecture in North Gower<\/a>, Ontario tomorrow night (Thurs 11\/20) at the Alfred Taylor Recreational Centre<\/a>: “A Look at Three Arctic Shipwrecks: HMS Investigator, HMS Erebus and the Breadalbane”. The talk is free and open to all, starting at 7:30 pm. North Gower is just 30 minutes from the Ogdensburg Bridge by way of the 417 (take exit 49).<\/p>\n

(POSTSCRIPT: sorry for the bad proofreading, that should be the 416, which runs north-south from Ottawa to the border.)<\/p>\n