Jim helps excavation co-director Mark Polzer recover a 2,700 year old bag of pistachios, part of the cargo of commodities from the lost ship (Patrick Baker)
Jim helps excavation co-director Mark Polzer recover a 2,700 year old bag of pistachios, part of the cargo of commodities from the lost ship (Patrick Baker)
Jim participated as a guest and as President of INA during the RPM Nautical Foundation's survey of the coastline of Albania. Here, Jim hovers over a stacked array of amphorae from the 4th Century AD Roman Wreck (Howard Phoenix/RPM)
While taking a little time off from his INA duties, Jim visits with his beloved daughter Beth in Sonoma California, 2008.
Jim poses alongside a log canoe found on the banks of the Rio Chagres during the INA/Waitt Institute field survey of the Rio Chagres Maritime Landscape, January 2008. Waitt Institute Photograph by Lance Milbrand.
Jim takes GPS readings at on the Chagres
Jim participated as a guest and as President of INA during the RPM Nautical Foundation's survey of the coastline of Albania. Here, Jim pauses in front of tableware used by the crew of the 4th Century AD Roman Wreck. (Howard Phoenix/RPM)
Jim participated as a guest and as President of INA during the RPM Nautical Foundation's survey of the coastline of Albania. Here, Jim pauses in front of tableware used by the crew of the 4th Century AD Roman Wreck. (Howard Phoenix/RPM)
Jim approaches the 3rd -4th century AD Roman wreck in Albania. The site rests in clear waters and is literally untouched after nearly 2,000 years at the bottom of the sea.
Jim participated as a guest and as President of INA during the RPM Nautical Foundation's survey of the coastline of Albania. Here, Jim examines an array of amphorae from the 4th Century AD Roman Wreck (Howard Phoenix/RPM)
Jim prepares to dive at the submarine field school with the Super Aviator submersible at California's Lake Tahoe in 2009.
Jim with Frederick H. Hanselmann, currently INA's Field Archaeologist and Dive Safety Officer
Jim is thanked for his services to Spain in helping with a shipwreck matter by Jorge Sobredo, Cultural Attache to the Spanish Embassy.
Jim makes a point about INA’s mission at the INA annual meeting in Washington, DC, September 2009.
Jim addresses the INA annual meeting in Washington, DC, September 2009.
Jim and his wife, Ann Goodhart, at the INA Annual Meeting in Washington, overlooking the White House.
Jim with INA directors Carl Douglas and Donald Geddes, two good friends and fellow divers.
Jim joins the team on the INA Yukon Project in Canada's subarctic wilderness in June 2009. Here is the team at the end of the project, left to right - Tim Dowd, John Pollack, Jim, Lindsey Thomas, Doug Davidge, and Donnie Reid.
At the end of the dive day, Jim works on his field notes on the Yukon Project in the wilderness camp. Also pictured: Lindsey Thomas and Tim Dowd.
As Tim Dowd positions the boat, Jim, John Pollack and Doug Davidge prepare to dive to the wreck of A.J. Goddard on Lake Laberge, June 2009.
As INA President, Jim was invited to participate in Super Aviator Flight School at California and Nevada's Tahoe. His tutor and chief pilot was Capt. Alfred S. McLaren, USN (Ret.)
Jim in pre-flight in the submarine field school with the Super Aviator submersible at California's Lake Tahoe in 2009.
Jim participated in submarine field school with the Super Aviator submersible at California's Lake Tahoe in 2009.
Jim hovers over a 3rd - 4th century AD Roman shipwreck off the Albanian coast while participating in the RPM Nautical Foundation survey of Albanian waters. RPM Photograph by Howard Phoenix.
Jim points to an amphora on the Roman wreck in Albania that has an octopus living inside of it. RPM Photograph by Howard Phoenix.
Jim sails on Halong Bay with Vietnamese scholar Dr. Vu The Long, 2008.
Jim makes field notes alongside Sub Marine Explorer in January 2008. Waitt Institute Photograph by Lance Milbrand.
A Vietnamese host shows Jim and Jun Kimura a stake left over from the Battle of Bach Dang (1288).
Jim with his tutor and chief pilot Capt. Alfred S. McLaren, USN (Ret.) at the submarine field school with the Super Aviator submersible at California's Lake Tahoe in 2009.
