Rye seeds were lost in Great Lakes shipwreck for 146 years. Now, they could make whiskey.
Michigan scientists and a whiskey distiller are on a quest to resurrect historical varieties of rye and use them to make whiskey.
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The legendary gales of November left the Great Lakes strewn with tragic shipwrecks
What lake has the most shipwrecks? And what were some ... the stronger the waves can be. The Edmund Fitzgerald sank near Whitefish Point, Michigan, which means the wind was traveling over open ...
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The Edmund Fitzgerald sinking is legendary. But the gales of November claimed many more ships.
According to data compiled by Baillod and other Great Lakes maritime historians, Lake Michigan accounted for 26.5% of all shipwrecks ... The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald marked a major ...
Catchers of the rye: Michigan whiskey makers revive grain from Great Lakes shipwreck
Recovering 146-year-old rye seeds from the frigid depths of Lake Huron and using them to grow a fresh crop seems like a long ...
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The legendary gales of November left the Great Lakes strewn with tragic shipwrecks
Maritime historians estimate they are responsible for roughly half of the shipwrecks. They've even been immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's enduringly popular song about the sinking of the Edmund ...