Category: x-personal

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, by Frederick Stonehouse
25th Anniversary Updated Edition

This was an interesting read, originally written just two years after the sinking.  The author’s account of the events leading up to the sinking was a quick read, only about a hundred pages or so.  The rest of the book, including the updated sections, was mostly reprints of official documentation or commentary on it.  However, it was a fascinating explanation with little bullshit or speculation.

Flotsametrics and the Floating World, by Curtis Ebbesmeyer & Eric Scigliano

Fascinating book about one oceanographers discoveries about the gyres and currents that shape the ocean.  Ebbesmeyer is the scientist who brought fame to the floating toys in the Pacific back in the 90’s.  Part memoir, part scientific primer, and part manifesto it really brings home how important the ocean’s currents are to history, life, and even death.