Jim Sinclair, MA M.A., is a marine archaeologist and ocean explorer, who started his career in 1981 working with the famous shipwreck hunter Mel Fisher in his quest for the Nuestra Senora de Atocha and the Santa Margarita 1622 as well as the 1715 Plate Fleet. As co-director of archaeology and the laboratories charged with the conservation of these magnificent finds Mr. Sinclair oversaw the conservation of over a half a million archaeological objects and helped in developing develop techniques currently used in many laboratories around the world today. Sinclair has been the chief archaeologist on projects such as searching for a legendary shipwreck in Indonesia, the Portuguese
Shipwreck the Flor de la Mar 1511. In 2000, Mr. Sinclair became the first professional archaeologist to visit the wreck site of the RMS Titanic, 1912 utilizing the MIR submersible. Sinclair performed the first archaeological survey of the stern artifact scatter (debris field). In addition to his position as Principal Archaeologist on The Death Coast, Jim has been featured on National Geographic, History Channel, the Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown and Cooper’s Treasure programs.