1881 Lake Michigan shipwreck found intact with crew's possessions: "A remarkable discovery"

• Posted on 18 September 2023
• By CBS News
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Shipwreck hunters have discovered the intact remains of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881 and is so well-preserved it still contains the crew's possessions in its final resting spot miles from Wisconsin's coastline. Historians on Friday called it a "remarkable discovery" of a "significant shipwreck."

Shackleton's Endurance is found in the Antarctic

• Posted on 29 March 2022
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The Endurance was trapped in sea-ice for months before sinking to the deep in 1915. Video of the remains show Endurance to be in remarkable condition.

The beach rover that may help you clean those cigarette butts that are poisoning shoreline animals

• Posted on 24 March 2022
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Every year, cigarette butts added to the world's landfills have come to represent a significant environmental problem. The small bits of plastic take up to 14 years to disintegrate, and they poison sea turtles, birds, fish, snails and other creatures along the way.