Old Whitey

Old Whitey
Discovered	c. August 21, 1977
Unidentified for	43 years
Sex	Male (presumed)
Location	Isle Royale, Michigan
Age	Adult
Body condition	Mummified
Postmortem interval	49 years
Cause of death	Drowning

"Old Whitey" is the nickname given to a deceased crewman of the SS Kamloops, which sank in Lake Superior in 1927. The decedent's body has remained underwater in the wreckage of the vessel since the foundering on December 7, 1927. The body is known to have been preserved by the cold temperatures of the water, in addition to adipocire. Four other unidentified bodies from the ship had washed ashore in 1928.

Sources

• SS Kamloops on Wikipedia
• Ask A Mortician ^{POSTMORTEM WARNING}