Into the deep: One man’s descent to the Edmund Fitzgerald

In 1994, Ric Mixter spent nearly two hours on the bottom of Lake Superior. His dive revealed torn steel, spilled ore and ...

Divers tell of decades-ago visits to Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck

Terrence Tysall set a record scuba diving to the Edmund Fitzgerald. Ric Mixter dove in a submersible, finding a missing body.
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What it was like to dive to Edmund Fitzgerald

Terrence Tysall is one of two people known to have scuba dived to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald — something now ...
MinnPost

Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years later

Monday’s Glean explores the tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald and stories about the ship from across Minnesota.
WDIO

High Dive Challenge takes plunge into Lake Superior

Ten professional divers will take a plunge into Lake Superior this weekend. The Superior High Dive Challenge is the first of its kind on the Great Lakes. The divers climb a 65-foot tower, then flip ...
WDIO

First professional diving competition coming to Lake Superior

A lot of tall ships are going to be in Duluth for the Festival of Sail this week, but something else rather tall is also in town. A 66-foot-tall high dive was built behind the DECC on the sea wall. It ...
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Michigan opens most of its Great Lakes to underwater spearfishing

Spear divers get expanded access to walleye, pike and lake trout starting in 2026 after the Natural Resource Commission ...
The North Wind

Hands-on Research helps students protect Lake Superior’s keystone predator

Each semester, NMU students studying natural resource–related fields have the interesting opportunity to dive into real-world ...
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50 years later: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Mid-Michigan marks 50 years since the wreckage of the Edmund Fitzgerald that sank on Lake Superior in November of 1975. The ship battled the rough waters of Lake Superior as the skies of November ...