Operation Taconite on the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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Uploaded by bnodurft on Feb 4, 2007
The Edmund Fitzgerald carried a cargo of taconite pellets when she went down. This video shows illegal removal of taconite pellets from the wreck site.
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Being a mariner myself, I can say that a ship is never just a "ship." It is our home, and we take much pride in maintaining the vessel to which we are assigned. For something as tragic as the Fitz going down and the heartbreak which comes to all the family and friends of the men who sailed her, it's an even larger slap in the face when you see this video. It is a graveyard for 29 men who passed on doing what they loved, it is not a museum gift shop. To sail on the lakes is to understand...
1 year ago 20
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I don't want to seem like an over sensitive dick, but aren't these videos kind of like people who stop by traffic accidents to see the dead bodies. It is bad enough that these men died without a proper burial, but they died doing what they love and their bones are now commended to the sea. Leave their souls to rest in piece!!
1 year ago 7
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I hope that all the people that took and agreed to taking something formt his die from an extremly slow and painful thing as this is disrespectful you fucks...
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I would rather have spent my time taking more video and stills to help figure out what happened. I am enamored by the Fitz but I wouldn't take anything from it. It is sad to see this pillaging. Even more sad to hear the idiots talk about illegality of the act and say "fuck it shoot it". Self incriminating dummies.
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@bnodurft .. claim rights to it. Especially because its not a Gov't ship. Also they should no by allowing a mini sub to to go down there. Just the wash from the props will move dust and sediment. The taconite pilaging should be free to take. After the insurance co. Wrote it off.
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It's called Pot Hunting (Illegally removing artificats from a designated Archeological site or shipwreck for moneitary gain) Titanic's artifiacts are worth a fortune on the Black Market owning to the ship's fame, however the wreck is in international waters and her owners went out of buisness so no one has legal claim to the site,
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The fucking government will cover anything up to cover their ass
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Your comment is just the type that gives Americans such a bad reputation.
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While the removal of ANY objects, cargo or otherwise, from WITHIN any protected wreck should be viewed as a grievous crime, the gathering of cargo material that is outside the wreck (as displayed by models of the Edmund Fitzgerald wreck) is acceptable. Just look at the policy fro recovery of objects from the wreck of the Titanic, they can recover objects from the debris field as long as they do not touch objects residing within the wreck itself.
g2rich 1 year ago 5
@g2rich The Fitz is not the Titanic. Canada claims jurisdiction over her wreck. The Ontario Ministry of Culture issued the archaeological license for this dive to the Fitz. which specified, "No silt, corrosion, or any other surface covering on or around the vessel, its equipment and machinery, shall be removed or disturbed."
bnodurft 1 year ago 3
@bnodurft that doesn't say any thing about a pieces of debris from around the wreck. Its only illeagal to remove things from a wreck if the owner of the ship states that it is, or its owend by the gov't. Ex. the Lusitania is owned by its orriginal insurance company. Ex2. Any german u boat sunk in american waters still technically belongs to the 3 reich. However the US still has legal obligations to protect it. It being a war grave. So by international meritime laws in no way can canada leagaly .
9oden9 2 months ago
@9oden9 If you read the archaeological license, it is clear that the debris field cannot be disturbed. To review the license, see the website mentioned at the end of video.
bnodurft 2 months ago
@bnodurft i tried to open it but it i wasn't able to. Now iam not saying that these wreck divers aren't asshole grave robbers. Because god knows they are. But it wasn't really illegal because canada can not issue a license to dive something that isnt theirs. It would be like if i were to issue you a lisence to climb mount rushmoore. I could but i don't own so it wouldn't do anybody anygood.
9oden9 2 months ago
@9oden9 Some say that the Fitz lies in American waters, others say that she lies on the International Boundary with part of the wreck in Canadian waters, and some claim that she is entirely in Canadian waters. The Canadian and U.S. governments seem to have agreed that Canada has jurisdiction over the wreck. See the Wikipedia article, "SS Edmund Fitzgerald" and the "Underwater Surveys" section of the article for information on the location of the Fitz wreck.
bnodurft 2 months ago