Shiver our timbers!

• Autores: Chris Simms
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3086, 2016, pág. 43
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Simms talks about Mary Rose, Henry VIII's favorite warship. The 16th-century warship is alive in a way it hasn't been since it sank in 1545, battling the French. On view again after a six-month hiatus, the Mary Rose is now lit with CGI vignettes. Move along glass-paneled viewing platforms parallel to the remaining half of the ship and sound effects change to match the videos. Waterlogged and home to marine bacteria and fungi, if the ship dried too fast, it would crack and collapse, so for 12 years it was sprayed with chilled water. Then, from 1994 to 2013, it was doused with polyethylene glycol while a biocide killed bacteria and fungi. Since 2013, dehumidifiers have sucked tonnes of water from the hull, bringing it to a stable state that should last many years