https://www.wcmu.org/tags/great-lakes-exploration Great Lakes Exploration en-US Copyright Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-07/author-sheds-new-light-on-the-sinking-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald In his new book, John U. Bacon says science, weather and the Fitzgerald's cargo can help explain why the ship sank to the bottom of Lake Superior during a treacherous storm in 1975. Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-07/author-sheds-new-light-on-the-sinking-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald Tina Sawyer https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-11-08/shipwreck-expert-brings-new-insights-on-edmund-fitzgerald-sinking This Sunday marks the 49th anniversary of one of the most infamous shipwrecks in Great Lakes maritime history. There have been many theories about what sank the Edmund Fitzgerald sink in 1975. But through diving, interviews and new research, author and shipwreck enthusiast Ric Mixter says he's been able to gain a better idea of how the ship may have gone down. Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:50:27 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-11-08/shipwreck-expert-brings-new-insights-on-edmund-fitzgerald-sinking Tina Sawyer https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-09-09/autonomous-vessel-deployed-to-search-for-missing-plane-in-lake-superior In 1968, a plane carrying three people went missing in Lake Superior. On Thursday, an unmanned autonomous surface vessel was deployed in Houghton on a search to find it. Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:55:41 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-09-09/autonomous-vessel-deployed-to-search-for-missing-plane-in-lake-superior Alvin (AJ) Jones https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-03-09/shipwreck-society-reports-most-significant-discovery-in-five-to-six-years The Great Lakes Shipwreck Society and Museum has reported the discovery of the Atlanta at the bottom of Lake Superior, which sank on May 4, 1891. Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:27:40 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-03-09/shipwreck-society-reports-most-significant-discovery-in-five-to-six-years Rick Brewer https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-05-21/great-lakes-exploration-team-possibly-discovers-oldest-shipwreck-in-the-great-lakes The team looking for the oldest shipwreck in the Great Lakes says there’s a “high probability” they’ve found it.Steve Libert released a book this week… Fri, 21 May 2021 22:58:43 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-05-21/great-lakes-exploration-team-possibly-discovers-oldest-shipwreck-in-the-great-lakes Peter Payette