SOS CentralThe first independently run NAS “Intro and Part 1, Foreshore and Underwater Archaeology” course was run on July 3, 4 and 5th 2009. There were thirteen enthusiastic students and four instructors (Tutors). As a new training partner of the Nautical Archaeology Society (Portsmouth, UK), Save Ontario Shipwrecks has embarked on a ambitious endeavour, training avocational divers to survey and record shipwrecks.
NAS 1 Students Hard at Work
Friday evening the students were introduced to their instructors, SOS, NAS and the course. After reviewing a case study on techniques used to survey the Southern Trail by Liquid Archaeology, the students became engrossed in a presentation and discussion on ships and ship construction. This segment brings into focus what many divers have been seeing underwater for years and prepared them to be able to accurately describe the features they would survey.
