Product Description

Dive alongside shipwreck researcher Ric Mixter as he plunges into the mystery of the most famous shipwreck on the Great Lakes. From exclusive construction footage to interviews from every major expedition to visit the wrecksite, this video is unmatched in its scope. This special 50th Anniversary edition includes shipyard workers, former crewmen, and new footage of the investigations that probed the icy depths to unlock the mystery of what happened to the 29 men. Each theory is explored complete with the technology used to search the wreck including the CURV III, Delta, Searover, Pisces and SDL1, Newt Suit, Clelia, and Cousteau's diving saucer.

About the Director

Millions of television viewers recognize Ric Mixter as a shipwreck researcher, diving over 100 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, including the Edmund Fitzgerald. He has produced over 30 programs for PBS and the Outdoor Channel, and appeared as a shipwreck expert on the History and Discovery Channels. He leads the pack when it comes to sharing our unique underwater resources with the general public, and thousands of dive show patrons and countless school kids know him as the energetic story teller who uses video like no other presenter can. Recently Ric was awarded for over two decades of maritime history preservation with the 2009 Award for Historic Interpretation by the Association for Great Lakes Maritime Historians. Mixter served as SCUBA cameraman on underwater expeditions to the Great Lakes largest shipwrecks, the Edmund Fitzgerald and Carl D. Bradley. He has interviewed dozens of shipwreck survivors over the past 15 years, including two from the 1913 Storm, two from the 1940 Armistice Day Storm and survivors from the largest shipwrecks in lakes Michigan, Huron and Erie. Today he runs his own production company, Airworthy Productions. He s been Emmy nominated and has taken several awards including the Addy, Aurora, Michigan Association of Broadcasters Best Use of Medium, AP, UPI and was the 2007 Vescio award winner for a video on mental health advocacy.