Reading is awesome, but sometimes some pictures can help you learn and understand even more. Check out these links to see videos about the things you’ve read in Kayak.

Watery Disasters

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Get the whole story from the CBC Digital Archives on how the famous ship sank, inspiring Gordon Lightfoot’s beautiful, sad song.



Finding the Titanic

When the wreck of the Titanic was found in 1985, there were cameras on board the mission, so you can see the actual moment of discovery. Ed. note: clip is prefaced with a 15 sec ad.



The Ocean Ranger is lost

Canadians were shocked when the huge, modern oil rig capsized in a storm in February 1982.



Virtual visit to the Empress of Ireland

Take a look at the inside of the Empress of Ireland in this computer model of the doomed ship.

Project partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage.
  • Canadian Heritage / Patrimoine Canadien
  • Government of Canada
  • HBC: Hudson's Bay Company
  • ecentricarts inc.