The Pirates Are Coming To Minnesota

Please Join Us For The

Upper Midwest Scuba and Adventure Travel Show

(UMSAT)

The 2012 UMSAT show will be held at the lovely "Crowne Plaza Hotel" at 2200 Freeway Blvd Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. 

To reserve your room to stay at the Hotel for the show, please call 763-566-8000 or Toll Free at 1 877 834 3613.   Book Online Hotel Reservations

Map to Crowne Plaza Hotel 

Please Note:  The Hotel Venue has changed!  The show is is not at the Northland Inn in Brooklyn Park. 

The voyage begins on February 24^th through the 25^th 2012.  The 13^th annual Upper Midwest Scuba and Adventure Travel Show is presented by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society. 

This is a great event for anyone interested in all facets of scuba diving, shipwreck hunting, maritime history, underwater photography, extreme adventures and exotic vacations. 

Come hear about the exciting recovery efforts of notorious pirate Blackbeard’s ship Queen Anne’s Revenge as Dr. Mark Wilde-Ramsing director of Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck project tells his tale.  Catch the wave of 3-D with a 3-D underwater video presented by professional underwater videographer Evan Kovacs.  There will be a wealth of industry professionals to help you learn about scuba diving, shipwreck diving, local Minnesota destinations and help plan your next exotic adventure. 

Come get your feet wet on Saturday February 25^th with the Discover Scuba classes.  For the more adventurous and advanced scuba divers who don’t want to blow underwater bubbles, there will also be Discover Re-breather classes on Saturday.   The UMSAT show includes a raffle, silent auction, exhibits by professionals with the latest scuba diving technology and an awards banquet at the end of the show.  On Friday, February 24^th 2011, the UMSAT show will host the annual Friday Night at the Movies.  This is an excellent chance to see and hear your peers’ underwater adventures.  For more information and tickets, please visit the UMSAT Show Website at,  www.umsatshow.org. 

If you would like to Participate as an Exhibitor, please click on the "Exhibitor Contract Packet" link on the left column of this website. 

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization established in 1996 to stabilize and protect our deteriorating shipwrecks of the Great Lakes region.  The GLSPS sponsored scuba show began in 1999 to showcase shipwreck diving, sport diving and maritime history in the Great Lakes.  The show has expanded over the years to include:  ocean diving, technical diving, and adventure travel.  The UMSAT show is the major fundraiser to support the GLSPS projects that help preserve and document shipwrecks.  For more information about the GLSPS,  please visit their website at www.glsps.org  

Below are the Platinum, Gold and Silver Sponsors for the 2012 UMSAT Show. 

Please give them the recognition

by

Patronizing their Businesses and Visiting them at their Booths.

Platinum - Sponsors for the 2012 UMSAT Show 

Gold - Sponsors for the 2012 UMSAT Show

 Silver - Sponsors for the 2012 UMSAT Show

 If you would like to learn more about the above sponsors or, to be a sponsor of the 2012 UMSAT Show, please click on the show logo above to view the UMSAT Show website and, to contact the Show Committee.

If you would like to volunteer and help the the day of the 2012 UMSAT Show, please click on the link button to register.               

   Register to Volunteer

Please join us at the UMSAT Show February 25, 2012. 

You will be amazed and Entertained!!

UMSAT Show Committee

www.umsatshow.org

info@umsatshow.org

Show Cell 612-516-9070  

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                LAKE SUPERIOR MARINE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION

              ANNOUNCES THERE 2012 ENTERTAINMENT SERIES                            

For Immediate Release

January 26, 2012

Lake Superior Marine Museum Association Presents

Free February Evening Entertainment Series Programs

Lake Superior Marine Museum Association (LSMMA), in conjunction with Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, has coordinated three free Evening Entertainment Series programs at Canal Park Lodge in Duluth, MN from 7 pm to 9 pm on February 9, 16 and 23.  Guest speakers and dates are:

Thursday, February 9 – Modern Viking Voyages of the Leif Erikson & Roald Amundsen Ships

Knife River, MN resident, Randy Ellestad, will share details about Duluth’s Viking ship, its colorful history and remarkable voyage as it battles with the elements, city hall, and its future.

Thursday, February 16 – The Great Lakes Steamship Society

Learn from Steve Haverty, a founding member of the Great Lakes Steamship Society, how the organization strives to preserve maritime heritage of the Great Lakes and focuses on its current project the JBFord.

Thursday, February 23 – Wildfire In A Wild Land

Kris Reichenbach of the US Forest Service will share photographs and information about the Pagami Creek Wildfire that burned more than 145 square miles of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.  Learn how the historic event was a natural occurrence and more about the role of fire in the boreal landscape.

LSMMA is a nonprofit organization established in 1973 to preserve the region’s maritime history.  It also helps support the Marine Museum at the Army Corps of Engineers’ Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center.  The association sponsors maritime-related educational and promotional programs and assists in the maintenance and purchase of museum displays.  For more information, call LSMMA at 218 727-2497 or visit www.lsmma.com.

LSMMA

Ellen Kramer, Executive Director

PO Box 177, Duluth, MN 55801

             Please Join us on a GLSPS Project.             

Completed Projects 2011 

June 1st through September 30th

S.S. Meteor Project
April 29 - May 1st
&
McDougall's Dream Fundraiser
September 24

Report




Hesper Display at Silver Bay Marina
May 1st
(Photo By Steve Daniel)




R/V Preservation Work Weekends and Launch
May 21 through June 5th
(Photo by Steve Daniel)

Report




R/V Preservation Harbor Cruise
June 5th
(Photo by Steve Daniel)

Report



Madeira and Hesper Monitoring Project
July 16 and 17th
(Photo by Steve Daniel)

Report



McCargoe Cove Project
August 5th through 10th
(Photo By Randy Beebe)

Report




Grand Marais Artifact Documentation Project
August 20 and 21
(Photo by Sarah Lee)

Report



Gooseberry Falls Logging Artifact Documentation Project
September 10 and 11
(Photo by Todd Olson)

Report

Wilson Project 
September 17 and 18
(Photo from video by Phil Kerber)

Report

The above projects were performed and completed by volunteers from the GLSPS.  The projects came from an idea in someone's mind then transformed into something great by developing a plan.  Then after a meeting and approval of the GLSPS Board of Directors, it became reality as a future project.  The person with the idea typically becomes the "Project Leader" (or assigns someone to help them).  It's great diving fun from then on!

Most of the reports have been completed and are ready for your viewing pleasure.  Please click on "Project Reports 2011" to  learn more about the projects.  As time passes, we will be adding more pictures and content to each project report.  Please check back to the website to see what was added.  If you have any questions concerning any project performed by the GLSPS, please click on "2011 Projects", find the project in interest on the schedule, then seek as to who the project leader was and contact him or her.

The GLSPS would like to thank all the Project Leaders for help in planning their great projects, Captains / Boat Operators that operated the R/V Preservation and divers from the GLSPS Membership for volunteering their time to help on these great preservation and documentation projects.

Unfortunately the projects are completed for this year but, if you are interested and would like to join us on a project or two next year, please check back to the this website in January for the new "2012 Project Schedule"  If you are interested in any of the future projects, please "REGISTER" ASAP to reserve your spot on the project. 

If you have a great idea for a preservation, documentation or stabilization project, please let the GLSPS know.  You can start by clicking on the Button link provided to print out a form and send it to the GLSPS Board of Directors to review. 

Project Request Form

Thank you for all your Support!

GLSPS Board of Directors

Phil Kerber - President
Bob Nelson - 1st Vice President

Kelly Murphy - 2nd Vice President
Paul Imsland - Treasurer
Tom Brueshaber - Secretary
Ken Merryman - Director
Steve Daniel - Director
Todd Olson - Director

Project Leaders:

Phil Kerber  - S.S. Meteor Project.

Randy Beebe - McCargoe Cove Project Isle Royale.

Corey Daniel - Madeira, Hesper Monitoring Project.

Steve Daniel - PIB Chairman - Hesper Display - Gooseberry Falls and Grand Marais Harbor Survey Projects.

Todd Olson - Thomas Wilson Project.

Those that helped prepare the R/V Preservation for all the above projects.

The GLSPS 2012 Programs and Projects Schedule Now Released

Please take a minute to check out the GLSPS Projects Schedule by clicking on the "2012 Projects" field on the left side of the Website.  If interested in joining the GLSPS on a project, please click on the "Register Now" button in the event description page and fill in your information.  It's that simple!!

The GLSPS 2011 Fall Newsletter is now Available!