Dr. Sal Mercogliano discusses why the American East Coast became a strategic battlefield in the first five months after the U.S. entered World War II.
Topics Related to Submerged NC
Join Shannon Ricles to learn why the area off Cape Hatteras became the strategic spot for the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.
Join Andy Latto with the National Hurricane Center, as he discusses the main impacts of hurricanes on the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic region.
Join Jenna Hartley, NC State University PhD student, as she discusses involving young people as community change-agents on the topic of marine debris.
Join Stephen Atkinson, Assistant State Archaeologist, as he explores the history behind the beached shipwrecks that dot the North Carolina coastline.
Join Shannon Ricles to learn how the USS Monitor was key to keeping the Union's blockade in place and thus saving the Union.
Kimberly Kenyon, senior conservator for the Queen Anne’s Revenge Shipwreck Project, shares why conservation is so critical to archaeology.
Join Dr. Avery Paxton to explore how North Carolina shipwrecks form homes for a diversity of marine life.
Partnering since 1975, NOAA and the state of NC work to research, honor, and protect the hallmarks of NC’s underwater cultural heritage: shipwrecks.