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The Storm That Sank the Edmund Fitzgerald

Special | 59m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

Steve Ackerman analyzes the weather systems at the time the Edmund Fitzgerald sank.

Aired 11/04/2015 | Rating TV-G

University Place

The Storm That Sank the Edmund Fitzgerald

Special | 59m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

Steve Ackerman analyzes the weather systems at the time the Edmund Fitzgerald sank.

Steve Ackerman, Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies, UW-Madison, analyzes the weather, the storm movement and decisions made by the captains piloting ships on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975, the day the Edmund Fitzgerald sank.

Aired 11/04/2015 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

The Storm That Sank the Edmund Fitzgerald

Special | 59m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

Steve Ackerman, Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies, UW-Madison, analyzes the weather, the storm movement and decisions made by the captains piloting ships on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975, the day the Edmund Fitzgerald sank.

Aired 11/04/2015 | Rating TV-G

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