In 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank without a distress call, after a strangely encouraging message from its captain. None of the crew survived to tell anyone what happened — but I found an expert to help me understand what we know, and what might have doomed this Great Lakes ship.
Many special thanks to Mike TenEyck for his endless insight, research, and hospitality as I learned about this story.
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More information on the Edmund Fitzgerald:
National Transportation Safety Board report (PDF): https://www.michiganseagrant.org/downloads/lessons/datasets/earthscience/Edmund-Fitzgerald-accident-report-NTSBR.pdf
Marine Casualty report (PDF): https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/docs/boards/edmundfitz.pdf
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