WHALER ON TOP 10 LIST

The January/February 2012 issue of Archaeology magazine lists Two Brothers as one of the world's Top 10 archaeological discoveries in 2011. Credit: Archaeology magazine

The January/February 2012 issue of Archaeology magazine lists NOAA's discovery of the wreckage of the 1800s Nantucket whaling ship, Two Brothers, as one of the world's Top 10 archaeological discoveries in 2011. In February 2011, maritime heritage archaeologists working with NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries announced the discovery of the wreck on a reef in the remote Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Two Brothers was captained by George Pollard Jr., whose previous Nantucket whaling vessel, Essex, was rammed and sunk by a whale in the South Pacific, inspiring Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.

Click Here to view the Two Brothers article in Archaeology Magazine (1.1mb pdf).

Click Here to learn more about the Two Brothers shipwreck site.

Learn more about the discovery of the Two Brothers shipwreck from maritime archaeologist
Dr. Kelly Gleason in this video.

Click Here to view the Two Brothers Press Release (336kb pdf).

Click Here to view high resolution images from the Two Brothers shipwreck site.

Additional Two Brothers still photographs and video footage are available upon request. Please contact PMNM Maritime Heritage Coordinator Kelly Gleason at Kelly.Gleason@noaa.gov for any further inquiries about the Two Brothers shipwreck project.

Dr. Kelly Gleason investigates a ginger jar at the Two Brothers shipwreck site. Credit: NOAA/McFall

One of four try pots at the Two Brothers shipwreck site. Credit: NOAA/Casserley.