Ask a Scientist: About Shipwrecks & Underwater Archeology

August 7th & 8th, 2007

Tuesday, Aug. 7, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Blue Water Café

20 W. Wisconsin St., Grand Marais

Wednesday, Aug. 8, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Amazing Grace Bakery and Café

394 S. Lake Ave., Canal Park, Duluth

Sailors beware! Thousands of ships have foundered or sunk in the Great Lakes. Join Jeff Gray, director of the nation's only freshwater National Marine Sanctuary, for a discussion about why navigating the Great Lakes can be treacherous and what archeologists are discovering.

“Ask a Scientist” encourages people to discuss ideas in science and technology with researchers. Inspired by the internationally successful Café Scientifique, Minnesota Sea Grant invites youths and adults to—Eat. Drink. Talk Science! Visit www.seagrant.umn.edu/news/aas/ for more information.