Observatory: Even in a Museum, Elements Eat at Viking Ship Vasa

Monday, September 10, 2012 - 20:30 in Earth & Climate

Researchers have found that the wood of a Swedish ship that spent 333 years underwater has weakened by as much as 80 percent, despite preservation efforts.

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