History -- Deep Sea Detecties vDeath of The Edmund Fitzgerald Review

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(More customer reviews)Viewers of Deep Sea dectectives are familiar with the series which tells the stories of famous and not so famous shipwrecks in the northern hemisphere. Viewers not familiar with this excellent series may be drawn to this particular program by the fame of the Edmund Fitzgerald from the song of the same name by Gordon Lightfoot.
The program briefly relates the history of the ship from its launching until its sinking in November 1975. The rest of the program documents the different expeditions first to find the wreckage and later to determine the cause of the ship's foundering.
The series' hosts, Richie Kohler and John Chatterton, usually dive to the shipwreck featured in that program. The viewer sees footage of their dive and the condition of the wrecked ship. Often by diving to the wreck the hosts can determine the cause of the shipwreck.
In the case of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Ricky and John don't dive to the wreck. Instead they show films from the different expeditions to the Edmund Fitzgerald from the first Coast Guard expedition to find where the ship sand to a final exploration in 1996.
Along the way we are introduced to some family members of the lost crew, people who have dived the wreck, staff at the Great Lakes Shipwreck museam, and other experts on shipping on the Great Lakes. The interviews with the families of the ship's crew is a poignant reminder that most wrecks involve the loss of life and that families are left behind with a tragic loss and no body to bury.
This is a fascinating program for anyone who is curious about ships and shipwrecks, or just about the Edmund Fitzgerald.
ALL the Deep Sea detectives are great, but this one is outstanding.

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