Trevor Collins

So the next day, the journey is continuing, of course, and the Anderson is still following relatively closely behind.

Captain Cooper is watching the Fitzgerald pass over dangerous areas of known shallow water, and he's watching this on radar.

And he's kind of concerned.

He's thinking, well, he knows better than to go into these shallows.

In fact, at some points looking at the radar, it seems that the ship was drifting into areas that were only about 11 feet deep.

about like less than three and a half meters.

So, you know, some backyard pools are deeper than that.

And the average depth of Lake Superior, no, I didn't, we couldn't find the depth of the route they were gonna take, but to give an idea, Lake Superior has an average depth between 433 and 483 feet or 132 and 147 meters.

So usually a lot deeper than 11 feet.

Now, what made things kind of hard to read is that when looking at the radar, the sea spray combined with the snowy weather conditions kind of make it impossible for Anderson to have a clear view of the Fitzgerald, which is why he's relying on the radar.

And he's also seeing other things popping up on the radar.

Hold on to that thought.

I'll discuss that in more detail when it comes to the theories.

I mean, imagine you can only see so far ahead of you, you know, and try to follow another limo who then starts going off roading.

And you're like, well, that doesn't.

Yeah, that doesn't add up.

No, this is not adding up.

Yeah, I want you to hold on to what's happening here, because this is a huge part that paints a picture for some of the theories as to why is the captain ending up in some of these shallows?

What is Captain Cooper, the captain of the Anderson?

What is he seeing on the radar?