Though called the Great Lakes, these massive bodies of water are actually inland seas, and can be just as unpredictable as the ocean.
The Great Lakes were a massive graveyard for ships lost at sea for centuries. Sailboats have slipped into storms, never to be seen again. Steamers have rocked in the waves. Even massive freighters have sunk to the sea floor.
“We really are ‘inland seas’ instead of ‘inland lakes,’” says Guy A. Meadows, the director of the Marine Engineering Laboratory and founding director of the Great Lakes Research Center at Michigan Technological University. But massive winds and high waves aren’t the only perils a boat can face on the Great Lakes. Meadows says ice forms more readily in freshwater than in saltwater. Ice accumulates on ships quickly, and crew members also have to contend with navigating icy waters.
For centuries, lost ships have gone undiscovered, with no survivors to offer clues as to where and why the ship went down. Technology such as side scan sonar is enabling search teams to find long-lost vessels.
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