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Game: The Legend of the Lost Emerald: Searching for Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
Take a deep dive into maritime mysteries with your students in this point-and-click adventure game! Learners…
Video: 10,000 Years of Archaeology Below the Great Lakes – Students Ask Scientists
This video (52:24) features Ashley Lemke, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee….
Video: Voices of the Coast: Tamara and Caitlin, Wisconsin’s Underwater Archaeologists
This short video (3:45) highlights shipwrecks and maritime archaeology. Wisconsin’s Great Lakes shipwrecks can tell a…
Video: Sturgeon Spearing on Lake Winnebago
This video (6:30) is about Lake Sturgeon. Sturgeon spearing has its roots in the customs of…
Video: The Antelope: What do you see?
This short video (2:17) features footage captured by an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). It is…
Video: The Antelope: What does a maritime archaeologist see?
This video (7:22) features the shipwreck of the Antelope, which sank in 1897 in Lake Superior. The…
Video: ROVe the Great Lakes: Maritime Archaeology and ROVs
This video (5:41) highlights shipwrecks and the world of maritime archaeology. Featuring Victoria Kiefer, a marine…
Video: Voices of the Coast – George Schmidt
This video (5:51) features George Schmidt, renowned sturgeon decoy carver, as he discussed his craft. Disclaimer:…

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