Baillods on National Geographic

Professor Emeritus Robert Baillod (CEE) worked alongside his son Brendon during the filming of an episode of the “Explorer” series, “Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes,” which will run Saturday, May 14, from 7 to 8 p.m. on the National Geographic channel.

The teaser reads: “The discovery of a human skull in the depths of Lake Superior begins a story that will take historian and author Brendon Baillod across two Great Lakes and a century of history. It takes him and a team of elite technical divers more than 20 miles off Milwaukee, where they discover the wreck of one of Lake Michigan’s lost queens. It then takes them to the remote waters of Lake Superior where they risk their lives to determine the identity of yet another lost ship. And it takes us into the forgotten life of a brave and stubborn woman who lived, and died, on these wild waters. Whether her presence cursed these lost ships, or a more earthly explanation can be found, the Great Lakes reputation as a graveyard for mariners stands firm.”

Published in Tech Today.