During the middle years of World War II, Michigan was selected as a place for advanced training for African-American Army Air Force units that had graduated from the Tuskegee pilot training program. The relative safety of Midwestern America, along with weather and geographical conditions that approximated what aviators could expect to encounter in Europe, encouraged [...]
Dr. Sherri A. Mason Microplastics The study of plastic pollution started in the worlds’ oceans, most famously focused on what has been called the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch.’ Despite a United Nations’ report suggesting that 80% of this oceanic debris came from land, very little research has focused [...]
International interest in Great Lakes cruising in on the rise. Michael Beaulac, Senior Project Administrator for the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes, will present a short history of Great Lakes passenger ships and what's considered to be the industry's golden age, as well as the recent global cruising industry's growing interest in the Great [...]
Brad Barr, PhD, NOAA/ONMS Maritime Heritage Program In August 2015, a team of maritime archaeologists from NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries traveled to the Arctic to search for 19th Century whaling shipwrecks. The “Search for the Lost Whaling Fleets of the Western Arctic” expedition conducted seabed mapping surveys along the [...]
Steve will talk about emerging technologies that have furthered our understanding of Great Lakes ecosystems and are leading to exciting discoveries in Lake Huron sinkholes. presented by: Steve Ruberg, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
Dean L. Anderson In September of 1679, LaSalle’s vessel the Griffon went missing with a cargo of furs after setting sail from Green Bay in western Lake Michigan. The wreck of the Griffon is perhaps the most sought-after shipwreck in the Great Lakes. Many claims of discovery have been made [...]
Professor Bopi Biddanda is an aquatic microbial ecologist studying the movement of carbon driven by microbes at the Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University. He grew up in the lush subtropical mountains of SW India, and came to the US in the 1980’s to obtain a Ph.D. in Ecology from [...]
Please join Historian Dr. Caitlyn Perry Dial as she shares her discoveries of women who dressed as men to serve the British and American militaries. She dispels myths and shares the tremendous labor it took to conceal their identities as well as work among men completely undetected.
Dr. John O'Shea, Curator of Great Lakes Archaeology at the University of Michigan's Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Sanctuary Lecture Series: Prehistoric Archaeology at 120: Exploring Lake Huron’s Alpena-Amberley Ridge Dr. John O'Shea, Curator of Great Lakes Archaeology at the University of Michigan's Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, will share his research of [...]
presented by Charles Beeker Join the sanctuary for another adventure in maritime history -- an exploration of Captain Kidd’s 1699 shipwreck, the Quedagh Merchant, and the efforts to preserve its rich history. Professor Charles Beeker, archaeologist and director of Indiana University’s Center for Underwater Science and Academic Diving Program, will discuss the development of the [...]