Fornes, Mike

Mike Fornes has covered the original ship and its successor for more than 25 years for several media outlets in northern Michigan, including radio and television stations and the Cheboygan Daily Tribune. He has been on board for ice-breaking missions and aids-to-navigation operations and has witnessed the crew's search-and-rescue response. The Mackinaw's public-affairs roles as the "Christmas Tree Ship" and escort for Mackinac Island yacht races have been conducted on his watch as a reporter. Fornes has combined the best of his own photographs with those from U.S. Coast Guard files and private...