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Annual Ice Dive Project

Please Note:

We will need lots of help for this project. Phil will need help loading equipment before the event and unloading after the event.

To 3D image and document any of the Street Car Shipwrecks, Hopkins, White Bear, Excelsior, Sidewheeler and or possibly other shipwrecks of Lake Minnetonka. The group will choose a shipwreck to dive for this project and to practice creating a 3D version of the shipwreck for our database on https://3dshipwrecks.org.

Planned Itinerary:

  • 8:00 AM Saturday Meet at Lake Minnetonka - Carson's Bay Boat Launch.
  • 9:00 AM - Set up - ALL must help with the setup and take down!!! No exceptions and no early departures!!!
  • 10:00 AM Dive and safety Briefings, pick dive buddies to assign tasks and Commence Diving operations.
  • Dive and document each dive and what was completed with the time lapsed 3D video camera and what further video is still needed.
  • 12:00 to 1:00 PM, Lunch and warm food for attendees
  • 5:00 PM End diving operations for the day. De-briefing on the day's dive and documentation
  • 5:15 - 5:30 PM - Begin to tear down dive site warming houses and other items. Pack up equipment, and load into trucks and trailers. Mark hole (s) (If more than one was cut). Please drive off the lake single file and 5 cars lengths apart.


Additional Note:

If you have any further Questions about the project, please get in touch with the project leader.


2023

CANCELLED - Poor Ice
CANCELLED - Poor Ice


2022

Pending Event
Pending Event


2021

CANCELLED - COVID-19
CANCELLED - COVID-19


2020

Pending
Pending


2019

Pending