This talk will focus primarily on historic shipwrecks that have occurred south and east of Massachusetts. The region has been called the Graveyard of the North Atlantic with over 3\,000 wrec ks here since European sailors first began exploring the region.
\nB ecause of the hazards experienced by early coastal and trans-Atlantic ship ping while sailing these waters\, Massachusetts was the 18th century birth place of the modern United States Coast Guard. Advances in navigation\, we ather forecasting\, response resources\, and vessel technology over the pa st two centuries may have reduced the risks but have not eliminated them.& nbsp\;
\nGreg Ketchen is a retired U.S. Coast Guard Captain living i n Osterville\, MA. He is a volunteer at the Coast Guard Heritage Museum lo cated in Barnstable&rsquo\;s Old Customs House and has served as its presi dent for the past six years. Before moving to the Cape thirteen years ago\ , Greg&rsquo\;s career included providing support to Massachusetts&rsquo\; commercial ports as a development consultant\, heading operations at the NE Aquarium\, and filling a wide variety of Coast Guard jobs. These includ ed performing duties at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington\, completin g assignments as chief oceanographer for the International Ice Patrol and on the faculty of the Coast Guard Academy\, and serving as commander of Co ast Guard Group Boston and a NATO station in Italy. \; \;
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\nThis program is in colla boration with Ashland Public Library.
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