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07.13: Becoming Oregon: From Expedition to Exposition
2015-06-16 23:04:39| Powells Books Events Calendar
Robert Lewisohn Hamm's Becoming Oregon: From Expedition to Exposition (Mossy Brae Press) collects 150 authentic newspapers, mostly from the East Coast, which featured stories about Oregon during the 100 years between the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) and the Lewis and Clark Exposition (1905). Hamm's book recounts the fascination with this strange and wondrous land out west — the expedition, the trail, the land, homesteading, statehood, and the world's fair.
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CONTEST: Set sail on a plastic pollution expedition
2015-05-05 18:34:15| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines
Some 230,000 metric tonnes of plastic are in the world's oceans The post CONTEST: Set sail on a plastic pollution expedition appeared first on Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine.
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Race For Water Odyssey Kicks Off Scientific Sailing Expedition To Safeguard Oceans From Plastic Pollution
2015-03-16 02:51:27| pollutiononline News Articles
This morning, the “MOD70 Race for Water” boat arrived in Bordeaux with great fanfare for an eventful week. On Sunday, March 15, the crew will raise anchor with the intention of gaining knowledge about waste gyres in less than one year
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Solving the mystery of Franklin's lost expedition
2014-11-26 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Canada's discovery of a sunken ship from the doomed 19th century Franklin expedition has shed new light on a great maritime mystery. A whole host of public and private partners, innovative technologies and vessels contributed to the find, which has i
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Septembers top stories: Franklin expedition ship found, Scotland harbour on sale
2014-10-07 11:26:00| Ship Technology
Canada's Victoria Strait expedition crew found an explorer ship lost in an 1846 expedition, Bidwells places Scotland's Perth Harbour port on the market, MIT researchers develop new underwater robot for port security and DNV GL develops a battery-powe