Join Ric as he shares his exclusive interviews with the men who were involved with Great Lakes shipwrecks in November of 1966. From the amazing survival of Dennis Hale to the award winning flight to rescue Nordmeer’s crew, Ric covers all the details. Included is a story on the salvage of the Nordmeer, one of the first freshwater cleanups of its kind.
Titanic may have had a block buster movie made about its loss, but its far from the most famous of shipwrecks. Historian Ric Mixter dives into the myths and ancient stories of early shipwrecks as he searches for what just might be the most famous loss of all time.
November gales are measured in destruction by the “King of Storms”, which destroyed a dozen ships with no eyewitnesses to tell of their loss. Ric Mixter shares two eyewitness accounts of the storm, one through a wheelsman who was the last to see the steamers Price, Regina, Wexford, and Isaac M Scott.
Journey to Lake Michigan’s largest shipwreck with a survivor who uses a submarine to visit his lost ship.
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