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Vrak - The Museum of Wrecks, Stockholm.

Vrak - The Museum of Wrecks, Stockholm.

FromThe Mariner's Mirror Podcast


Vrak - The Museum of Wrecks, Stockholm.

FromThe Mariner's Mirror Podcast

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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Jan 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode we visit Vrak - The Museum of Wrecks in Stockholm. Nowhere else in the world are there as many well-preserved wooden wrecks as there are in the Baltic Sea. People have lived on the shores of the Baltic ever since the end of the Ice Age, where they have travelled, sailed, hunted and waged war, for millennia. The Baltic has special water conditions: it is cold and brackish and has low oxygen levels, which means there is no shipworm to destroy sunken timber. As a result, at the bottom of the Baltic is an exceptional collection of timber heritage sites, from the Stone Age to the Vikings and beyond. Vrak - The Museum of Wrecks is a contemporary museum designed to explore and share this heritage in innovative ways. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jan 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The world's No.1 podcast dedicated to all of maritime and naval history. With one foot in the present and one in the past we bring you the most exciting and interesting current maritime projects worldwide: including excavations of shipwrecks, the restoration of historic ships, sailing classic yachts and tall ships, unprecedented behind the scenes access to exhibitions, museums and archives worldwide, primary sources and accounts that bring the maritime past alive as never before. From the Society for Nautical Research, and the Lloyds Register Foundation. Presented by Dr Sam Willis. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.