Dr. Steve Ackerman is the featured speaker for the next Thursdays at the U presentation at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire – Barron County.
Ackerman, professor emeritus of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at UW-Madison, will present “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: The Ship, the Storm and the Song” from 12:30-1:30 p.m. April 11 in the Blue Hills Lecture Hall in Ritzinger Hall. The presentation also will be livestreamed at ricelaketv.com.
Ackerman will explore the November 1975 catastrophe from his unique perspective as a weather expert. He also will discuss the 1976 hit song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Canadian folksinger Gordon Lightfoot.
