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CALENDAR Festivals, Events, Etc. • San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park: 13-14 December, Christmas at Sea (Foot of Polk Street, PO Box 470310, San Francisco CA 94147-0310; 415 929-0202) • Columbia River Maritime Museum: 21 December, WinterFest (1792 Marine Drive, Astoria OR 97103; 503 325-2323) •EXPO 98: 22 May-30 September 1998, "The Oceans, A Heritage for the Future" in Lisbon , Portugal (phone: (351 1) 8319898; FAX: (351 1) 837 3133; e-mail: info@expo98.pt; web site: http://www.expo98.pt) Conferences • Canadian Nautical Research Society: 25-27 June 1998, International Conference on Maritime History in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (PO Box 550350ttawaON,KIP !Al, Canada) • Maine Maritime Museum: 1-3 May 1998, 26th Annual Maritime History Conference (243 Washington Street, Bath ME 04530; 207 443-1316) •National Maritime Museum: 9-11 July 1998, "Peter the Great and the West: New Perspectives" (Greenwich, London SElO 9NF, UK) • North American Society for Oceanic History: 9-12 April 1998, 22nd Annual Conference in San Diego CA (Prof. Briton C. Busch, Dept. of History, Colgate University, Hamilton NY 13346-1398; 315 824,7511; FAX: 315 824-7098) • Ship Modelers Association: 26-29 March 1998, 1998 Western Ship Model Conference and Exhibit aboard RMSQueenMary atLongBeachCA (Lloyd Warner, 2083 Reynosa Drive, Torrance CA 90501; 310 326-5177) • Society for Historical Archaeology: 8-12 January 1998, Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology in Atlanta GA (Patrick H. Garrow, Program Coordinator, Garrow
and Associates, 3772 Pleasantdale Road, Atlanta GA 30340; 770 2701192, FAX: 770 270-1932) Exhibits • The Equitable Gallery: from 22 January 1998, "The Dutch in the Americas, 1600-1800" (7th Avenue and 51 st Street, New York NY 10019) •The Mariners' Museum: 26 September-January 1998, "Chartered for History: President Wwfield to Exodus 1947'' (100 Museum Drive, Newport News VA 23606; 757 596-2222) • New Bedford Whaling Museum: 2 May-31 December 1997 , "New Bedford: From Whaling Port to Whaling National Park"; from 19 September, "FacesofWhaling" and"Women Who Went Whaling" (18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford MA 02740; 508 997-0046) • Penobscot Marine Museum: 20 June 1997-15 October 1998, "Travels to the Pacific Rim: The Chi ldhood Sea Voyages of Lincoln and Joanna Colcord" (5 Church Street, PO Box 498, Searsport ME 04974; 207 548-2529) • San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park: 7 February 199831January1999, "Found! The Wreck of the Frolic-A Gold Rush Cargo for San Francisco" (Foot of Polk Street, PO Box 470310, San Francisco CA 94147-0319; 415 929-0202) •US Naval Academy Museum: 21 October -12 January 1998, "USS Constitution 1797-1997: Life of the Ship" (US Naval Academy , Annapolis MD 21402-5034; 410 293-2108) •Vancouver Maritime Museum: 3 October-5 January 1998, "Ghost Ship: Photographs of SS Prince George II" ; 15 November-25 January 1998, "Fishing Baskets of Asia Pacific " (1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver BC V6J 1A3, Canada; 604 257-8300)
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(Continued from page 48) to commemorate Leif Ericsson 's voyage of discovery, suffered a setback when , halfway across the Davis Strait between Greenland and Canada, the rudder line tore loose and the crew lost the ability to steer the ship. The ship was towed back to Greenland by the Canadian Coast Guard, and the crew will wait until next July to try again (www. viking
1000.org) . . .. The Chinese cruiser Chungshan , sunk off Wuhun by Japanese planes in 1938, was raised in January after 77 days of salvage work and is to be restored at a cost of 10 million yuan . .. . Polish divers working on the Baltic wreck of the 18th-century English vessel Carleton of Whitby have raised several artifacts including the ship 's bell. ... The Portuguese frigate SEA HISTORY 83, WINTER 1997-98