Project People
These photos were taken during the late summer and fall
of 1997
as the excavation team continued ...
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David Pugh raises the University of West Florida flag at the work
platform Nautilus to begin the day's operations. |
| David has his hands full keeping several pumps and compressors running
in support of the underwater work below. |
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Brenda Swann, dressed out in a dry suit, is on the first dive team of
the day. She is briefed by Captain Keith Plaskett, who is project's diving safety officer
and in charge of logistics for the project. |
| Dr. Judy Bense, Director of University of West Florida's Archaeology
Institute, prepares to make her first dive of the season on the shipwreck. She will be
exploring the exposed bow structure of the ship with Dr. Roger Smith, State Underwater
Archaeologist, who is the project's Director. In the background, Chuck Meide, graduate
student at Florida State University, looks on. |
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Dr. Smith briefs visiting archaeologists Corey Malcom and Abraham Lopez
on the couple jet dredge outfall system that has been designed for the working platform. |
| Also visiting is Jim Spirek, who directed the first campaign of
excavation on the shipwreck in (1992-1995). Jim is an underwater archaeologist for the
state of South Carolina, but took time away from his duties to assist during the second
campaign of excavation. |
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