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The Society for Nautical Research is the world’s oldest society dedicated to the study and preservation of maritime heritage. It publishes The Mariner’s Mirror, the world’s leading journal of naval and maritime history.

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This month’s featured article looks at H.M.S. North Star’s failed attempt to contact Arctic Explorer, Captain Sir James Clark Ross in the Arctic between 1849-50.

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Historic Ships

The Society for Nautical Research played a leading role in the preservation of HMS Victory and other historic vessels.

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Canadian Nautical Research Society 2020 Conference

January 2020

Proposals for papers are now being accepted for the 2020 CNRS-SCRN Conference and Annual General Meeting, which will be held Thursday, 13 August to Saturday, 15 August 2020 at the Lonsdale Quay Hotel, North Vancouver, British Columbia. The Main Conference Theme is: Waterfronts at Work Conference organizers will accept any maritime-related paper proposal on a […] Read More

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Maritime Art

The Society for Nautical Research helps to purchase important works of art.