Recorded weather

Wind, seas, snow and rain follow the ships’ logs for the time and place on the clock.

Snow and rain 100%

Lens 35 mm

Letterbox 2.39:1 Taking on water

With recorded weather on, the list follows the record from 3:30 pm on November 10.

High detail Shadows

Jump to

W S engine order, A D rudder, X midships, C camera, P pause, , . clock speed, M map, T three big seas, H hide the interface. Free fly uses WASD, Q E and Shift; steer with the arrow keys.

Wind NE 10 kn

FitzgeraldRecorded trackArthur M. Anderson

Track reconstructed from the 1977 Coast Guard Marine Board report; the Anderson is approximate. Tap a time marker to jump there.

Edmund
Fitzgerald

Lake Superior, November 9 and 10, 1975

729 feet, 26,116 tons of taconite, bound for Detroit. Sail her final voyage on the recorded track, in the weather the ships logged hour by hour.

“We are holding our own.”Captain Ernest McSorley, 7:10 pm, November 10

The clock starts at 2:45 pm on November 9 in real time. Speed it up to 100× from the bar at the bottom. Taking the helm leaves the recorded track.

7:15 pm

Monday, November 10, 1975. The Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared from the Arthur M. Anderson’s radar about 17 miles from Whitefish Point. All 29 crew were lost.

46°59.9′ N, 85°06.6′ W, in 530 feet of water.

EdmundFitzgerald

Edmund
Fitzgerald