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Sunken Canadian stern-wheeler is an underwater time capsule

Underwater archaeologists said Monday that they have found a virtual time capsule of life during Canada's Klondike Gold Rush: a sunken Yukon River stern-wheeler so well-preserved that researchers can document the last minutes of the five-man crew as well as their life aboard the primitive cargo-hauler.

By Thomas H. Maugh II

November 24, 2009

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