Posted by Greg Grieser on September 15, 19100 at 15:25:50:
In Reply to: Sunken Lake Superior Yacht posted by Jan Nielsen on August 31, 19100 at 10:30:42:
: It is true that the cold depths of the Great Lakes has the ability to preserve shipwreck victims. Most shipwreck victims, that are well below the thermal cline in the deeper portions of the Great Lakes, are destined to stay there, unless otherwise removed. Also, a burned body is will not surface once it has reached the bottom.
The Edmund Fitzgerald is 17 miles north of Whitefish Point, in Lake Superior, in about 540 ft. It is very unlikely, that any victim from the Fitzgerald will naturally surface.
But, I have limited knowledge, and stranger things have known to happen.