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Waterfront News PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II Departs for the Summer


BALTIMORE -- Pride of Baltimore II, America’s Star-Spangled Ambassador, proudly announces its departure from Balti- more’s Inner Harbor in the morning of Tues- day, June 7, 2016, for a four-month voyage along the East Coast to the Great Lakes. The tall ship’s mission is to promote Maryland’s economic interests to ports around the U.S. and Canada, as well as participate in the Tall Ships Challenge® Great Lakes 2016, which involves several sailing races throughout the summer. This marks the fi rst time Pride II has left the Chesapeake Bay since 2013. “In addition to participation in tall ship


festivals throughout the Great Lakes, Pride II will also play an economic development role,” says Rick Scott, Executive Director. “Through a recent partnership with the state of Maryland, Pride II will promote economic development and tourism for the state during her voyage to the Great Lakes this summer.” Around 9 am, with her beautiful sails


unfurled, Pride II will make a farewell voyage around the Inner Harbor and fi re her cannons. The ship will travel past Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, one of several vantage points for both photographers and the general public to bid farewell before Pride II’s return in early October. Pride II then sailed 180 nautical miles


south to Norfolk, Virginia, to participate in Norfolk Harborfest, America’s largest, lon- gest-running, free maritime festival which took place from June 9 to 12, 2016. Just how will Pride II reach the Great


Lakes? Pride II will voyage north along the


east coast, and then enter the St. Lawrence Seaway through a series of locks on her way to the Great Lakes in order to participate in the Tall Ships Challenge® Great Lakes 2016. “We are excited to take Pride II out of her home waters for the fi rst time in several years,” says Captain Jan Miles. “Pride of Baltimore II is Maryland’s working symbol of the great natural resources and spectac-


ular beauty of the Chesapeake Bay region, and a reminder of America’s rich maritime heritage. Pride II has a huge national and international following for her beauty, prowess and marketing ability, and we look forward to showcasing that.” Pride II will race against other tall


ships in each of the fi ve freshwater lakes, making for heart-stopping events that tens of thousands of visitors will witness. Her unique design makes Pride II one of the most beloved and recognizable U.S. sailing vessels in the entire world. On board Pride II, there will be pro-


fessional photographers and videographers to capture the spirit of the moments and transmit images back to Pride II’s Baltimore headquarters. Pride II will make stops in Toronto,


Ontario, Fairport Harbor, Ohio, Bay City, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Duluth, Minnesota, Erie, Penn- sylvania, and Brockville, Ontario, with the possibility of an additional port to be announced. At each port, Pride II will off er free


deck tours and, in some ports, off er day sails for the general public. She will also host business receptions, as Pride II rep- resents Maryland’s economic development interests throughout North America. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to cross her decks this summer. In January 2016, Pride II announced a


public-private partnership with the state of Maryland to promote economic develop- ment for the state and the city of Baltimore. Announcing the new partnership, Governor Larry Hogan said, “Pride of Baltimore II is a wonderful symbol of the rich maritime heritage of both our state and Baltimore, and the ship generates extremely valuable exposure and goodwill wherever she goes. We are pleased to have a new partnership with the Pride to have her help carry our mes- sage across the state, nation and globe—that Maryland is great place to do business.”


Artifacts Discovered on Return Expedition to Antikythera Shipwreck An international research team has dis-


covered spectacular artifacts during its on- going excavation of the famous Antikythera Shipwreck (circa 65 B.C.) this month. The shipwreck is located off the Greek island of Antikythera in the Aegean Sea. Led by archaeologists and technical ex- perts from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the team recovered 60 artifacts including gold jewelry, luxury glassware, a bronze spear from a statue, el- ements of marble sculptures, resin/incense, ceramic decanters, and a unique artifact that may have been a defensive weapon to protect the massive ship against attacks from pirates. The team also confi rmed the wreck of a second ancient cargo ship close by the


Antikythera vessel. “Our new technologies extend capabili-


ties for marine science,” said Brendan Foley, a marine archaeologist with WHOI. “Every new dive on the Antikythera Shipwreck delivers gifts from the ancient past. The wreck off ers touchstones to the full range of the human experience: from religion, music, and art, to travel, trade, and even warfare.” The Antikythera Shipwreck, the largest


ancient shipwreck ever discovered, was possibly a massive grain carrier. It was discovered and salvaged in 1900 by Greek sponge divers. In addition to dozens of marble statues and thousands of antiqui- ties, their eff orts produced the Antikythera Mechanism—an astounding artifact known as the world’s fi rst computer. In 1976,


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Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the CALYPSO crew returned to the wreck and recovered nearly 300 more objects, including skeletal remains of the passengers and crew. The current high-tech, collaborative


project brings robots, technical diving, and new laboratory analyses to this remark- able shipwreck. After precisely mapping a 10,500-square-meter (2.6 acres) area of sea fl oor around the wrecks with an autonomous robot, the team’s divers descend to 52 meters (170 feet) using mixed-gas, closed-circuit rebreathers to exactly locate, document, and retrieve the artifacts. Among other inquiries, the isotopes of recovered lead objects are an- alyzed to determine their origin, and ancient DNA is extracted from ceramic jars to reveal the food, drink, and medicines consumed by the ancient seafarers. The team generates precise three-dimensional digital models of every artifact, allowing discoveries to be shared instantly and widely even if the objects remain on the sea fl oor. “Reality Computing is bridging the


physical and digital world, “ said Autodesk Explorer-in-Residence Jonathan Knowles. “We see great potential in working with WHOI to capture, analyze, and share the wonders of Antikythera with the world. “ The project is supported by corpo-


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rate partners Hublot, Autodesk, Cosmote, Costa Navarino Resort and private spon- sors Swordspoint Foundation, Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, Jane and James Orr, the Domestic Property Committee of Kythera and Antikythera, the Municipality of Kythera, and private sponsors of WHOI.


The research team consists of archae-


ologists Dr. Theotokis Theodoulou and Dr. Dimitris Kourkoumelis (Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports); Research Specialist Dr. Brendan Foley (WHOI); archaeologist Alexander Tourtas; professional technical divers Edward O’Brien (WHOI), Philip Short, Alexandros Sotiriou, Nikolas Gi- annoulakis, and Gemma Smith; videogra- pher Evan Kovacs; documentary director Michalis Tsimperopoulos; supported by Michalis Kelaidis, Dimitris Romio, and Dimitris Manoliades. The robotic survey was conducted by Prof. Stefan Williams, Dr. Oscar Pizarro, and Christian Lees from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics, University of Sydney. U.S. National Parks Service underwater photographer Brett Sey- mour and archaeologist Dr. David Conlin volunteer their time and expertise. The Return to Antikythera project is


supervised by the Director of the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities Dr. Aggeliki Simosi and is under the aegis of the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti- tution is a private, non-profi t organization on Cape Cod, MA, dedicated to marine re- search, engineering, and higher education. Established in 1930 on a recommendation from the National Academy of Sciences, its primary mission is to understand the ocean and its interaction with the Earth as a whole, and to communicate a basic understanding of the ocean’s role in the changing global environment. For more information, pleas e visit http://www.whoi.edu.


Pride II en route from Cleveland to Bay City in 2010, courtesy Jeff Woods. For nearly four decades, Pride of


Baltimore and Pride of Baltimore II have represented the people of Maryland in ports throughout the world, spreading a positive message and extending the hand of friend- ship globally. Since her commissioning


in 1988, Pride II has traveled more than 250,000 nautical miles and visited 40 coun- tries in 200 ports. Pride II has become one of the most well-known U.S. sailing vessels in the world, capturing the imagination of millions of people.


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