[Field Trip: Defence Update]

Date1982

Can DescriptionsProgram #9. Record date: October 28, 1982. // Maine Maritime Academy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology search for colonial privateer ship ìThe Defenceî that was scuttled during the Penobscot Expedition off the coast of Sears Island in the Penobscot River. Recovered artifacts were brought to the Maine State Museum for conservation. Explanation of the conservation techniques necessary to preserve the artifacts and the information acquired from the artifacts. Betty Seifert, Shellie Smith and Steve Brooke of the Maine State Museum explain some of the conservation work.