HOLD YOUR OWN

CH 16

LAKE SUPERIOR · NOVEMBER 1975

THE EDMUND
FITZGERALD

You are captain of a 729-foot ore carrier. You have 29 crew members aboard and a November storm is building. Can you reach Whitefish Bay?

VESSEL SS EDMUND
FITZGERALD

SOULS 29

READINESS

STEADY

LAKE

BUILDING

SUPERIORWHITEFISH BAY

NOV 09 · 1975 14:30

ORDER 01 / 08

SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN

CAST OFF

TYPE 1 OR 2 TO CHOOSE

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

At about 7:15 p.m. on November 10, 1975, the Fitzgerald vanished from the Arthur M. Anderson’s radar. All 29 crew members were lost. No conclusive cause has ever been established.