Bermuda battles to save the cultural treasure of shipwrecks
Shipwrecks have defined Bermuda from its earliest days, even acting as an essential economic driver. Thousands of artifacts have been left behind, providing clues about life and trade of the...
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Who doesn't love a shipping yarn, especially when there's a shipwreck involved? But now some old wrecks are being tied to very futuristic technology. In the first of a two-part look, Jeffrey Brown takes us to Bermuda and San Diego for his ongoing series Culture at Risk. JEFFREY BROWN: It's not our usual dress or mode of transportation. But this is an unusual tale, one that takes us underwater, exploring shipwrecks in Bermuda. ®MD-BO¯ PHILIPPE ROUJA, Bermuda Custodian of Historic Shipwrecks: Shipwrecks have to be cultural heritage. They can't be anything but the total summation of a certain culture's way of trying to move across the water, essentially. JEFFREY BROWN: And also goes on a very different kind of dive. FALK...
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Who doesn't love a shipping yarn, especially when there's a shipwreck involved? But now some old wrecks are being tied to very futuristic technology. In the first of a two-part look, Jeffrey Brown takes us to Bermuda and San Diego for his ongoing series Culture at Risk. JEFFREY BROWN: It's not our usual dress or mode of transportation. But this is an unusual tale, one that takes us underwater, exploring shipwrecks in Bermuda. ®MD-BO¯ PHILIPPE ROUJA, Bermuda Custodian of Historic Shipwrecks: Shipwrecks have to be cultural heritage. They can't be anything but the total summation of a certain culture's way of trying to move across the water, essentially. JEFFREY BROWN: And also goes on a very different kind of dive. FALK...
