GLIN==> News Release: Ask a Scientist

["Marie E. Zhuikov" <mzhuikov@d.umn.edu>]

                           MN SEA GRANT
                           NEWS RELEASE
7/30/07
Contact: Marie Zhuikov, mzhuikov@umn.edu, (218) 726-7677

       ASK A SCIENTIST: ABOUT SHIPWRECKS AND UNDERWATER ARCHEOLOGY

Join Jeff Gray, director of the country's only freshwater National 
Marine Sanctuary, for a discussion about why navigating the Great Lakes 
can be treacherous and what archeologists are discovering beneath the 
waves.

The discussions, hosted by Minnesota Sea Grant, will take place on:

Tuesday, August 7, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Blue Water Café
20 W Wisconsin Street, Grand Marais, MN

Wednesday, August 8, 7 to 8 p.m.
Amazing Grace Bakery and Café
394 S. Lake Ave, Canal Park, Duluth, MN

Thousands of ships have foundered or sunk in the Great Lakes. These 
vessels still have stories to tell of Great Lakes maritime history and 
commerce, from the earliest explorations to westward expansion in the 
1800s and modern day lake trade. The Thunder Bay National Marine 
Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve in Alpena, Mich., encompasses 448 
square miles of Lake Huron and protects over 200 shipwrecks 
representing the diversity of vessels that navigated the Great Lakes in 
the 19th and 20th centuries.

If you want to suggest a topic or speaker, or learn more about the free 
discussions, visit www.seagrant.umn.edu/news/aas.

"Ask a Scientist" is inspired by the internationally successful Café 
Scientifique and backed by Nova scienceNOW. Eat, drink, talk science!

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