Wreck Diving Magazine

The Yacht Gunilda

The Gunilda has been said to be one of the most beautiful shipwrecks in the Great Lakes according to many divers. The wreck sits in 270ft/82m in Lake Superior’s dark depths. It took years to build up the experience I’d need to finally visit the wreck, but it was worth it beyond words can describe, so it’s a good thing I’m a photographer!

I still consider myself young at 35, but after 23 years of active diving and traveling all over the world, to both Poles, six continents, and every Great Lake, I still have a personal wish list of locations I want to document, and the has been at the top of it. I thrive in difficult conditions and enjoy a challenge in tough environments, and the is located in the northern part of Lake Superior so It’s cold, dark, deep, and dangerous. Just the week before we were there, a man lost his life on a nearby wreck called the . These shipwrecks are to be taken seriously because they are remote and, no matter what anyone says,

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