In-Person Badger Talk: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: The Ship, the Storm, and the Song

Name: In-Person Badger Talk: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: The Ship, the Storm, and the Song
Start: 2026-11-05T17:30:00-06:00
End: 2026-11-05T18:30:00-06:00
Location: KPL Southwest Neighborhood Library

Thursday, November 5 · 5:30 PM–6:30 PM

KPL Southwest Neighborhood Library · 7979 38th Ave, Kenosha, WI
Hosted by Kenosha Public Library

Steve Ackerman explores the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald from perspectives of the weather, the ship and the song by Gordon Lightfoot. Steve Ackerman moved to Wisconsin in 1987, accepting a research scientist position in the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC). He joined the UW-Madison faculty in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in 1992. Professor Ackerman served as Director of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) from 1999-2019.

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