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That Sinking Feeling: New Shipwreck Sanctuary Offers Opportunity To Explore And Educate

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A diver swims over the two-masted schooner, Walter B. Allen, which sank in Lake Michigan in 1880
A diver swims over the two-masted schooner, Walter B. Allen, which sank in Lake Michigan in 1880. Tamara Thomsen/Wisconsin Historical Society

Earlier this summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration designated almost a thousand-mile area off the Lake Michigan coast as a shipwreck sanctuary. We learn about what’s sunk on the bottom of the lake.

Episode Credits

  • J. Carlisle Larsen Host
  • Steven Potter Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Cathy Green Guest

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