The Lobster Boat That Froze in July: Missing Hours at Sea

The Lobster Boat That Froze in July: Missing Hours at Sea

A lobster boat found with its lower eighteen inches encased in solid ice on July 11, 2009 - in sixty-one degree air and harbor water above fifty-eight degrees - promises a chill that logic can't explain. A GPS log holds one buried detail no one has accounted for; what did two crewmembers lose from their day at sea?

In this episode, we walk through the documented events surrounding the Maren K., the two people aboard who recalled almost nothing, and the physical evidence on the boat and in the harbor - leading to the unanswered question that has haunted the town.

Person: Beverly Crawford Person: Walt Ogren Date: July 9, 2009 Location: Slip Fourteen, Harwick, Maine Event: Boat hull frozen in July

- The Maren K. had the bottom eighteen inches of its hull encased in solid ice when found on July 11, 2009. - Air temperature at discovery was sixty-one degrees and harbor water had not dropped below fifty-eight degrees all summer. - The Maren K. had been sitting in its slip for thirty-six to forty hours with no reported touching or unusual reports. - Beverly Crawford, age twenty-four, remembered being on the water at approximately 9:30 AM but had no memory from then until about 8:00 PM. - A plate of ice roughly four feet across spread across the water at the boat's bow.

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