Spooky Science Sisters
The Sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald
November 21, 202544 min · 7,271 words
Show notes
As certified Midwesterners living in the Great Lakes region, we couldn't let the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald pass without dedicating an episode to her (we're pretty sure they'd kick us out if we did). Because despite being one of the most famous shipwrecks of all time, the exact reason for the loss of the Mighty Fitz to the icy depths of Lake Superior remains a tragic, but fascinating, mystery.
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the waves because it's a lake it's not the ocean the late waves are less regularly spaced than what you find in the ocean so you can get slammed by like multiple large waves in quick succession and from different directions
“they took three tries to break the champagne bottle and then while they were actually like getting the ship in the water one spectator was apparently so surprised by the big splash of water as she entered the water that he had a heart attack and died”
“the ore that they were carrying came from some of the oldest rocks in north america we're kind of talking about like the core of the north american continent so it comes from these formations called banded iron formations”
“the ship is actually longer than the water is deep where it sank so some speculate that it broke so deep in the water after a large wave at the front end of the ship rammed into the bottom and it broke apart and sank”
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