Crowne Plaza Hotel, 694 & Shingle Creek. Book your hotel by Feb. 22 for show discount!
Banquet Tickets must be bought in advance by midnight February 22.
Blackbeard’s Ship Queen Anne’s Revenge by Mark Wilde-Ramsing, Ph.D
Deputy State Archaeologist - Underwater Branch
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Mark U. Wilde-Ramsing Ph.D, is the North Carolina Deputy State Archaeologist - Underwater. Dr. Wilde-Ramsing has supervised a full range of underwater investigations on sites ranging from dugout canoes to 20th Century steamers. After the discovery of Pirate Blackbeard's ship Queen Anne’s Revenge, Wilde-Ramsing was appointed project director of one of the most significant and exciting underwater discoveries in recent times. read more...
Under the Sea in 3D by Becky Kagan
Professional Underwater and
Emmy Award Winning 3D Videographer
Join Becky as she takes you on a 3D tour of the underwater world - from the caves of Domincan Republic to the hydrothermal vents of the Eastern Pacific - you will see it all first hand. Famous shipwrecks like Titanic, Britannic, the incredibly pristine wrecks of Isle Royale - even wrecks in Lake Michigan and Huron will be explored. Filmed by Evan Kovacs and Becky Kagan and presented by Becky Kagan, this will be one-of-a-kind show that has never been seen before. Evan Kovacs was called to a job in Saipan during our show but Becky, an Emmy Award Winning U/W Videographer has graciously agreed to to the honors. read more....
Discover Diving at the Show!
Unsure if you would like Scuba Diving? Would you like to try Scuba Diving free of charge? The Discover Scuba Diving program lets you experience the thrill of diving under the supervision of a Professional in a swimming pool. When you participate in a Discover Scuba Diving program, you discover excitement and adventure - freedom and serenity. Nothing compares to the "weightless" exhilaration of breathing underwater. Only a diver knows the feeling! read more...
at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Brooklyn Center, MN
Raffle and Silent Auction
Bid on thousands of dollars worth of merchandise and trips in the silent auction or buy a chance in the show raffle. All donations benefit the GLSPS shipwreck preservation programs.
See the List...February 25, 2012 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Brooklyn Center, MN
Get Your Picture Taken with Captain Jack
The pirates are coming and you can get your picture taken posed with Jack Sparrow of the Twin Cities(learn about Jack ...) at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Brooklyn Center, MN
February 25, 2012
Book your hotel by Feb. 22, 2012 to get the show discount!
Discover Rebreathers
Experience a diving a rebreather with the Upper Midwest’s most experienced rebreather divers on the area’s most popular units, including the KISS Classic, Megalodon, Inspiration, Evolution, and Optima closed circuit rebreathers. Rebreathers are big investments and if you are considering buying a one, this is an excellent opportunity to kick the tires, compare the different units, and meet the instructors. read more...
at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Brooklyn Center, MN
Join Us at the After Show Awards Banquet
Top the weekend off as you join your fellow divers and friends for cocktails and socializing at the GLSPS Awards Banquet while we honor our 2012 award winners: Scott and Tracy Weymss and Air Down There Scuba, Sharon Provost, a GLSPS founder and former board member, dive shop and commercial diving business owner, and Scott Anfinson, our current State Archeologist, who started the Minnesota National Register Nomination program for our shipwrecks. Our guest speaker will be the always interesting and dynamic Keith Meverden who has pushed Wisconsin's National Register Program to the deep depths of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. read more...
Tickets must be bought in advance online by midnight Wednesday February 22 so you can make your meal selection.
Thank you to our 2012 sponsors:
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