Orkney’s shipwreck graveyard is bursting with life
First paragraph: Across the North Atlantic, shipwrecks scatter the seabed like the carcasses of prehistoric creatures. Bygone relics of sea exploration, trade, migration and conflict, these historical monuments are important sites of cultural interest. But they also form the basis of a burgeoning re...
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The Conversation Trust
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27221 https://theconversation.com/orkneys-shipwreck-graveyard-is-bursting-with-life-95179 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/27221/1/Mackenzie-Conversation-2018.pdf |
| Summary: | First paragraph: Across the North Atlantic, shipwrecks scatter the seabed like the carcasses of prehistoric creatures. Bygone relics of sea exploration, trade, migration and conflict, these historical monuments are important sites of cultural interest. But they also form the basis of a burgeoning recreational dive tourism industry, and contribute substantially to the biodiversity and abundance of marine life. |
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