Meet a maritime archaeologist
It's all ahead on Wisconsin
the Focus Fund for Wisconsin
I'm Angela Fitzgerald, and th
to explore the Fincantieri Ba
for its rich history of shipbui
with companies like Fincantieri
This company builds ships en
The equipment to get the job
from large floating docks to s
During the winter, boats are br
to be repaired before the spr
It's an impressive display of
to construct these huge vesse
where I'm a bit more comforta
Before I do, let's sail into
As we head below the surface
- There is a lot of Wisconsin h
but most of it deals with shi
Tamara Thomsen and her team
- It's more than just a pile
[inhaling air from scuba reg
- Tamara is a maritime archaeo
- This particular shipwreck
a scow schooner that sank in
a few miles off the coast of
It hit another ship in the m
We don't know much about scow
As shipwreck stories go, it's pre
[chuckles] - I have not found
a boring shipwreck yet.
- Her team has a week of dives
but don't look for any artifacts
What we do is we collect inf
about how these ships were b
especially the ones that wer
A lot of those construction tec
So, you learned how to build
And then you started developing
on how to make them, how to c
diving for the State Historic
but this is more than just a
I just love working underwat
- She first wanted to dive in
I said, "Can we please take
And he would say, "Next year,
So, when I came to school at t
- Ironically, after Tamara l
And they were able to enjoy t
When the Great Lakes are too
You can't talk.
You're not listening to the r
or being distracted by a mil
And you're just sort of in y
Sort of my way of checking out
She found there's no shortage
[splash]
- Not all of them can be reached
- If you can get any kind of im
so that we can get some measu
- Crew: Yup. - Angela: Tamara
to visit the Thomas Friant
So, you can see it says Th
Certainly, on the Great Lakes
we're not going to find any go
The thing of most value is und
and sometimes lost their liv
was a lot of fishing equipment
So, for what they would use on
How they operated the equipmen
All of that, we were able to u
- If you look at every individu
every one is representative of
We're starting to get to a po
we've seen enough of the colle
that we have in our museum un
to start putting the story toge
there's nothing like seeing
It's new every time. It's gre
So, even the old shipwrecks
I see something new every ti
every day that I can get out
- Let's now make our way to
preserving a different kind
[chanting lyrics to staccato ta
And what I would do is I woul
"All those things that I've done
actually helped me relieve m
that I would be the person I
My name is Shruti Parthasarathy,
or classical Indian dancer fr
? ["Muruganin Marupeyar"] ? M
Bharatanatyam is an ancient
that originated from souther
And it essentially tells mythol
but with the musicality of dan
My teacher is from Chennai, I
just to give a little excerpt
is that we do two-hour solo
So, in terms of what I work on,
Stamina is very key, especially
two-hour solo recitals require
[teacher gives feedback] - You ne
- My teacher and I, and I th
"There are lags or things th
The bond we have makes it very
And the one on one relationship
I wouldn't trade it for anyt
- Announcer: Shruti Parthasar
Middleton, Wisconsin. [cheer
I performed in Minnesota, Miami,
[man singing traditional Indian
is that it's not just that m
What matters is the journey,
And it's very applicable in Bhara
because every single day you're
And it's not just about, you know
You learn something more abo
Shruti Parthasarathy: Put yo
In the future, I really hope to
and pass it down to future gene
Whether it be opening a dance
and I'm also now very interested
these are simple things that
I have started, essentially,
which is called "Calm with K
And what I really hope to do
is show kids my age and young
there is a way to handle stress
Bharatanatyam, even though it'
with many technique elements
there are very, very simple
that are proven to relieve s
from our facial expressions
every single part of our body
it gives you a mental calmness
I would say my favorite part ab
As I dance every day, I discov
And I think what really makes me
is that it's my personal ide
- I'm in Sturgeon Bay aboard
exploring the local shipbuil
employees work around the clock
I met supervisor of skilled
- Shipbuilding is an ancient
that we now do with modern te
The science that goes into w
We receive raw steel from the
Comes in on trucks.
We start by: all the plate steel
After that, it moves through
where parts are cut out of t
After that, it moves to asse
We sometimes take thousands of p
move them out to our graving d
sometimes three of them togeth
Modular parts of our ships th
after they're all-welded, fit up
- Exciting does describe the
where I met welder Gabriel Ho
is to take two pieces of met
which is really great because
we just cut them apart and make
- Oh, nice! - It is actually
it was time for sparks to fl
Is the metal still solidifyin
or is it still kind of in a l
- No, it's going to be rock sol
What we've done is just pumped
is something I hear througho
a little bit of everything for
- Angela: Full assemblage? -
So, how long have you been do
- Believe it or not, I was wo
and wanted to learn somethin
And a buddy of mine told me
And I did, and I've been here
It takes a lot of physical di
they were built long before I
they'll be sailing the Great
So, it's cool to be a part o
For me, as a welder, I get a
and what I can say is most o
because it's physical, it's h
and we do like the whistle at
to let us know it's time to go
But I think for most of us the
makes us feel like little kids
- From ship construction to win
these workers are keeping the
"I'm going to go chuck a cann
and once you do, you realize,
Why not chuck a cannonball do
That might live.
- Angela: On the backroads of
it's a sport that they do in Ire
and now enjoyed by these modern
- It's a historic thing that h
- There is a theory that
the Irish stole cannonballs
and didn't want to carry them
so they just threw them down
- Angela: The weapon of choi
That's why they call it Iris
- B-O-W-L and it weighs 28 o
- So, it's a 28-ounce steel
- I gotta figure that out.
if they are going to let us p
- And these defending champions
you have to be able to put u
- Angela: So, let the champion
As simple as propelling a tw
- And you want to chuck this
- There you go. - Nice throw
- You gotta put some mustard
Get that bowl, get that bowl!
- But there is a method to L
- Brady: I think Luke kind of t
- Luke: I thought it was going
It works out having a partner
He has the finesse role,
Look at that too, dead on, DEAD
- Between the two of us, we make
[playful fiddle music] - We'll
that's just how the bowl bou
- Brady: You could have a pe
and one little rock in the mid
might just send it flying the
- Angela: Then again,
redemption lies in the luck of
Right off the edge? - Brady:
but I just didn't watch the
Thankfully, there are a bunc
and that are willing to help
Otherwise, you spend a lot of
and just trying to find your b
[Luke and Brady in unison] Th
with the battlefield behind t
while sporting their Irish pride
and they have all their fest
- I hope people get excited
I hope they see how much fun
and I hope we bring more peo
Lockers will slam, and bells
Pencils will be sharpened, an
You will see more people in one
you'll be nervous. [heavy doo
I'll be a junior at West High
I've never been a very confide
and the first day of school
It's not just the return of hom
means relating to all of yo
When you pass the ten or so pe
For the other two-thousand, ni
You endure the feeling that,
everyone was having more fun
Meanwhile, you watched all nine
You shake it off and go to your
The thing you've been dreading a
Name Games. [trembling, teet
The rules may vary, but the
Expose yourself to judgment fr
"Can you name three facts about
They 're not just asking for thre
[bell rings in a deep tone]
They 're asking you to sum y
[ominous vibration]
Your heart is palpitating.
[dripping] You 're sweating p
Why did you wear boots on the f
It's still summer,
but you just had to have that e
Now there's just one more kid
The guy in the polo shirt is tal
[screaming]
Now the kid in the polo shirt
Turns out he's passionate about
Why ardent you passionate abou
He works in a joke, and it g
At this point, you would give
The kid in the polo shirt seem
The sweetest sound known to man.
Class is over. [exhales audibly
You pack up and meet your frie
Maybe this year won't be so
the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuil
If you 'd like to learn more
or any of the people you've s
And if you have a story to share
I'm Angela Fitzgerald, and th
- You don't have to share--
I was told what happens on t
- There you go.
Like being in Vegas, basically.
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