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They Saved a Ship for 333 Years-Will It Collapse Back to Dust?
They Saved a Ship for 333 Years-Will It Collapse Back to Dust?
The thought that pollution once preserved a 333-year-old warship is unsettling: Stockholm’s industrial contaminants killed shipworms and kept the Vasa intact on the harbor floor for centuries, but once raised it began to “die” again as oxygen returned. How do decades-long chemical treatments like PEG spraying fight the very process that saving the ship restarts, and can they ever be finished?
In this episode, we present the conservation histories of the Vasa, the Mary Rose, and the Kefermarkt altar, outlining the methods…
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