Leaving port from Superior, Wisconsin, on a sunny November day, the crew of The Edmund Fitzgerald is looking forward to a routine crossing of deep Lake Superior.Heading for Cleveland, the giant transport ship is loaded with ore that will be used to build cars. But disaster is building in the wind as a gale storm begins to track after the great ship.This suspenseful retelling of the last hours of the doomed vessel pays homage to all sailors who traverse deep waters, in fair skies and foul.