by boxcar-admin | Dec 6, 2016 | News
Yes, but not from earthquakes — meteorological events can trigger rapidly moving waves. By Mark Breederland Tsunamis have been on the news lately with another wave system hitting Japan in November 2016. The Nov. 22 tsunami hit the island country after a magnitude...
by boxcar-admin | Nov 29, 2016 | News
Last really big ice cover winter for the Great Lakes was 2013-2014 where over 92% of the Lakes were frozen over. By Mark Breederland As noted earlier this summer, the 2016 water temperatures of the Great Lakes were significantly warmer than average. Data compiled from...
by boxcar-admin | Nov 29, 2016 | News
Water temperature, wind direction and a chilly blast from Canada might push the snowfall totals. By Mark Breederland As noted in Part 1 of this series, the fall 2016 water temperatures of the Great Lakes are significantly warmer than average and there is no ice that...
by boxcar-admin | Nov 18, 2016 | News
Among collections are biographies of more than 20,000 ships that have sailed on Great Lakes. By Steve Stewart This is the first in a series of articles focusing on Great Lakes maritime heritage. Maritime heritage, according to the National Oceanic and...
by boxcar-admin | Nov 10, 2016 | News
After another successful year, our Great Lakes Education schoolships join in this annual rite. By Steve Stewart Among Great Lakes sailors, the term “winter layup” is spoken with great anticipation and yearning around this time of year. The term refers to the period...
by boxcar-admin | Nov 4, 2016 | News
Disease confirmed in Michigan’s Leelanau, Delta, Schoolcraft counties affecting loons, other migrating fowl. By Mark Breederland Several species of waterfowl carcasses have recently washed ashore in Lake Michigan’s Leelanau, Emmet, Charlevoix, Delta and Schoolcraft...
