{"id":2937,"date":"2013-04-16T10:40:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T10:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2021-02-27T22:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T22:35:35","slug":"john-veber-shipwrecks-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/john-veber-shipwrecks-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"John Veber &#8211; Shipwrecks 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Johnveber-sw2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2938\" width=\"455\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Johnveber-sw2013.jpg 350w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Johnveber-sw2013-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John Veber was certified over 40 years ago and has been actively diving shipwrecks in the Great Lakes all year round ever since. Being a shipwreck photographer since 1976, John has accumulated thousands of shipwreck images which have been published in numerous books, newspaper articles, dive videos and a calendar.<br><br>John has won a first and second place in past Slide Show Competitions and is a recipient of a Certificate of Achievement Award for Outstanding Photography Promoting Diving in Southern Ontario.<br><br>As a past member of the Ontario Heritage Committee, he has worked on shipwreck surveys, and his keen interest in maritime history goes hand in hand with shipwreck exploration. Years of U\/W photography and ice diving experience led John to participate in a dive expedition in the high Arctic.<br><br>Currently, John is mentoring youth, introducing them to scuba diving and shallow water shipwreck exploration.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This will be John&#8217;s second presentation at Shipwrecks, the first being at Shipwrecks\/2000.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Long Point and Its Shipwrecks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lp_wrecks-Veber_sw2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2939\" width=\"359\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lp_wrecks-Veber_sw2013.jpg 425w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lp_wrecks-Veber_sw2013-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lp_wrecks-Veber_sw2013-72x60.jpg 72w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lp_wrecks-Veber_sw2013-108x90.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Long Point, Lake Erie is an ever shifting sand spit that reaches almost half way across the lake from the north shore. It has claimed approximately 200 shipwrecks over the years, many pounded to pieces in the surf. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2940\" width=\"452\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-1.jpg 225w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-1-91x60.jpg 91w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-1-136x90.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Even to this day, pieces of wreckage are uncovered in the surf, only to be covered up again at the whim of water currents, wind and surf. But, Long Point also has an icy tomb where it forever guards many wrecks that met their fate from foundering, collisions and groundings. We will explore wrecks dating from the 1840\u2019s to present, at depths from 10 to 200 ft that surround this treacherous spit of sand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2941\" width=\"406\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-2.jpg 225w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-2-92x60.jpg 92w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-2-138x90.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2942\" width=\"410\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-3.jpg 225w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-3-89x60.jpg 89w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-3-134x90.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2943\" width=\"414\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-4.jpg 225w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-4-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/veber_sw2013-4-135x90.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Veber was certified over 40 years ago and has been actively diving shipwrecks in the Great Lakes all year round ever since. Being a shipwreck photographer since 1976, John has accumulated thousands of shipwreck images which have been published in numerous books, newspaper articles, dive videos and a calendar. John has won a first &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2944,"href":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions\/2944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}