Fascinated by Shipwrecks

Did you know 2025 is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald? Learn why some of Gordon Lightfoot's famous song lyrics were wrong. Discover some scintillating unknown facts about the story of the doomed ship. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatedbyShipwrecks?sub_confirmation=1 "Those bells should represent a lot more than just the oiler, the captain, or, you know, the mates on board the Fitzgerald, it should ring loudly for the lifesavers who gave their lives and so many other stories that didn't have Gordon to write a song about them." – Ric Mixter About Ric Mixter 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. Ric's stories appear in books, magazines (including Michigan History Magazine) and in radio and TV news programs. He hosts the Shipwreck Podcast, and his YouTube videos have over 3 million views, covering shipwrecks in four of the Great Lakes and adventures in several foreign lands. © 2025 – Fascinated by Shipwrecks

Delve into one of the most poignant maritime disasters in an area known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. Learn how new 20th Century technologies were not yet ready to help the outcome. Discover how human error and a cascade of events lead to the preventable tragedy. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatedbyShipwrecks?sub_confirmation=1 "When the ship ran aground, there was nothing there and no one there to help them. They could not have picked a worse place to run aground." – Rod Scher About Rod ScherRod Scher began his working life teaching English in high schools in California and Oregon; he continued teaching at the post-secondary level until 2016. In between, he worked as an editor for textbooks and magazines. Rod has built a "retirement" career as an experienced writer/editor who has annotated or edited many books and written countless magazine articles. His love of sailing attracted him to books of a nautical nature, resulting in the acclaimed Sailing by Starlight The Remarkable Voyage of Globe Star. His newest book "Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia" can be found on Amazon. © 2025 – Fascinated by Shipwrecks

Did you know it took several tech systems to create Endurance in 3D? Learn about how Canadian firm Voyis' technology provided true colour correction to the famous image. Discover how numerous teams worked together to find Endurance and bring the ship to life virtually. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatedbyShipwrecks?sub_confirmation=1 "Underwater, you've got that natural green, blue hue. We're trying to remove that so that you can see that the asset underwater as if it was on land." – Brenden St John About Brenden St John Brenden is the Head of Ocean Science at Voyis Imaging Inc and has been with the organization for the past 7 years. His background in electro-mechanical engineering and project management has allowed him to extend his expertise across multiple Blue Economy segments, including Offshore Energy, Ocean Sciences, and Maritime Defence. In his current role, Brenden's focus is working closely with academic and Ocean Science organizations to identify areas where optical solutions support critical research initiatives in areas such as mapping marine protected areas, digitizing marine archeology, monitoring ecosystem health, and much more. © 2025 – Fascinated by Shipwrecks

Did you know more passengers died on the Empress of Ireland than Titanic? The doomed ocean liner sank in 14 minutes after a collision in the fog. See amazing photos of the salvage operations that took place in 1914. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatedbyShipwrecks?sub_confirmation=1 "We tend to forget that the survivors were also victims. And when you put that into perspective, and you add to that the fact that they were pretty much never compensated for anything, it's a hard thing to live through." - David Saint-Pierre About David Saint-Pierre David Saint-Pierre was born and raised on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, hearing the tales and stories of his ancestors being lighthouse keepers, captains, shipbuilders and shipowners. History became a passion, and then an academic interest: he studied contemporary history up to Ph.D. level. He has been a consultant for maritime museums in Quebec for almost three decades, did independent research under contract with the Naval Museum in Quebec City, and worked for five years for the Empress of Ireland museum in Rimouski, Quebec, not far from where the Empress of Ireland foundered. Mr. Saint-Pierre has published a number of books and articles on history, among which two books on the Empress of Ireland, one in 2016 and the other in 2023. These two books are only available in French for now, but the last one, mostly dealing with the deep sea diving and salvage operations on the wreck in 1914, has been translated and was released by the United Kingdom publisher The History Press in May 2025. The book will be released in North America in August 2025. © 2025 – Fascinated by Shipwrecks

Did you know there is such a thing as a ship graveyard? Learn about the WWI ship graveyard at Mallows Bay in Maryland. Discover how maritime archaeology students are helping document the wrecks. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatedbyShipwrecks "Some of the largest ship graveyards in the world are just vessels stacked together. I've looked at them in Australia, in Bermuda, abandoned vessels in Costa Rica, across the United States. They really are everywhere." - Dr. Nathan Richards About Dr. Nathan Richards Dr. Nathan Richards specializes in maritime archaeological theory and method with a focus on cultural site formation processes of the archaeological record. He has an interest in 19th and 20th century maritime history, the history of technology, and in comparative and anthropological approaches to maritime archaeological subjects. He has been involved in field schools run by Departments of Archaeology at Flinders University and James Cook University, and has been employed in cultural heritage management work by the State Governments of South Australia and Tasmania. He is also the author of several journal articles, book chapters, and numerous reports and reviews and his research has appeared in several industry publications, such as the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. Dr. Richards assumed the role of Director of the Program in Maritime Studies (Department of History) at East Carolina University (ECU) in 2018. He has taught classes in the history, theory, method, and ethics of maritime archaeology, field schools, and cultural heritage management at ECU since 2003. © 2025 – Fascinated by Shipwrecks