Season 10

The **tenth season** of Duluth was first broadcast in May 2020 in the US and June 2020 in the UK. There are twenty-eight episodes in this season and all were narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK and Michael Brandon in the US.

## Episodes

(*Note: \* means that an episode has yet to be released on home media in the US*).

## Ships

* Arthur M. Anderson
* Manitoulin (5)
* John G. Munson
* Joseph L. Block
* Edgar B. Speer
* Walter J. McCarthy Jr.
* Paul R. Tregurtha
* Michipicoten
* Erie Trader
* Clyde S. VanEnkevort
* Algoma Guardian
* Mesabi Miner
* American Mariner
* Philip R. Clarke
* Edwin H. Gott
* Roger Blough

### Ships Introduced

* Sunda
* Federal Elbe
* Federal Hudson
* Victory
* Maumee (2)
* Cuyahoga
* G3 Marquis
* Fraserborg

## Half Hour Format

In the tenth season airing on Nick Jr. in the UK, PBS in the US and Treehouse in Canada, two tenth season episodes were paired along with a segment called "Duluth's Special Places" involving one of the locations in Duluth. In the US, they started adding the opening when Stewart J. Cort's crew gets him ready for another days work and an ending when Stewart J. Cort's crew cleans him after a days work in the PBS airings as it was used in the UK during the ninth season airings on Nick Jr. in 2020.

### Being Reliable

* SUNDA Purple Rain
* Learning Segment: Where is John G. Munson's Coal?
* **Duluth's Special Places: Duluth Union Depot (Part 1)**
* Song: Doing it Right
* Learning Segment: How Does Stewart J. Cort Feel?
* ARTHUR M ANDERSON Bound for Two Harbors

### Connections

* MANITOULIN Lake Wind Rising
* Learning Segment: How are Stewart J. Cort and Paul R. Tregurtha Different?
* **Duluth's Special Places: Spirit Mountain**
* Learning Segment: Who Can Take Them?
* Learning Segment: What's Found Where?
* JOHN G MUNSON and the Master Salute

### Clues

* JOSEPH L BLOCK Windy Arrival
* Learning Segment: New Parts for James R. Barker
* **Duluth's Special Places: Blatnik Bridge and other Bridges**
* Learning Segment: Who Will Paul R. Tregurtha See?
* Learning Segment: Who's Under the Coal Dust? - Alpena
* EDGAR B SPEER Visits Duluth

### Friendship

* WALTER J McCARTHY JR Floating Iron
* Learning Segment: Help From your Friends
* **Duluth's Special Places: Hoffbauer Tree Farm**
* Song: P is for Philip
* Learning Segment: Guess the Freighter: H. Lee White
* ARTHUR M ANDERSON Foggy Arrival

### Special Days

* PAUL R TREGURTHA Coming for Coal
* Learning Segment: Who Should Take the Telegraph Pole?
* **Duluth's Special Places: The High Hills (Part 1)**
* Learning Segment: Which Outfit for which Occasion?
* Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Beaver Air Tours Plane
* FEDERAL ELBE Arrives in Duluth

### Old and New

* MICHIPICOTEN In the Path of the ERIE TRADER
* Song: There's Always Something New
* **Duluth's Special Places: The Ore Docks**
* Learning Segment: Herbert C. Jackson's New Shed
* ERIE TRADER CLYDE S VANENKEVORT Crowded Canal

### Imagination

* ALGOMA GUARDIAN Returns to Superior
* Learning Segment: Paul R. Tregurtha's Story
* **Duluth's Special Places: The Seaside**
* Learning Segment: Federal Churchill as a Lake Freighter
* Learning Segment: Which Friend is in Which Shed?
* MESABI MINER Feeding the Lake Gulls

### Navigation

* FEDERAL HUDSON and the Siren's Call
* Song: Navigation
* Learning Segment: Which Track for John G. Munson?
* **Duluth's Special Places: Midwest Energy Plant (Part 1)**
* Learning Segment: Over the Bridge
* AMERICAN MARINER In the Wake of the Coast Guard

### Big and Small

* FEDERAL ELBE Departs Duluth
* Learning Segment: Right Sized Freighter for the Job
* **Duluth's Special Places: Midwest Energy Plant (Part 2)**
* Learning Segment: Alpena Huffs Out of the Harbor
* Learning Segment: Which Freighter Should go to Which Building?
* PAUL R TREGURTHA and the Dirty Stern

### Favourite Places

* MAUMEE and the Master Salute
* Learning Segment: Herbert C. Jackson's Favourite Place
* Song: Favourite Places
* **Duluth's Special Places: The High Hills (Part 2)**
* Learning Segment: Alpena's Favourite Place
* CUYAHOGA With a Load of Iron Ore

### The Way I See It

* G3 MARQUIS Nope
* Learning Segment: Salties and Freighters
* **Duluth's Special Places: Duluth Union Depot (Part 2)**
* Learning Segment: What is John G. Munson Thinking of?
* Learning Segment: What Does CSL Tadoussac See?
* PAUL R TREGURTHA Heavy With Coal

### Strength

* ARTHUR M ANDERSON Floating Stone
* Learning Segment: Which Load for Federal Elbe?
* Song: Strength
* **Duluth's Special Places: Clure Public Marine Terminal**
* Learning Segment: Clever Paul R. Tregurtha
* FRASERBORG Departs Riverland Ag

### Discovery

* PHILIP R CLARKE Heavy with Limestone
* Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Paul R. Tregurtha
* Learning Segment: Up and Down the Hill
* **Duluth's Special Places: Duluth Harbor (Part 1)**
* Learning Segment: Paul R. Tregurtha's Treasure
* Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Herbert C. Jackson
* EDWIN H GOTT Making the Turn

### Feelings

* ROGER BLOUGH and the Two toned Master Salute
* Learning Segment: Where Is Happy Rover's Favourite Place to Work?
* Song: Responsibility
* **Duluth's Special Places: Duluth Harbor (Part 2)**
* Learning Segment: Happy or Sad?
* PAUL R TREGURTHA and the Master Salute

## Trivia

* This season, along with the twentieth are the only seasons to have twenty-eight episodes, which makes them the longest seasons in the show's history. Additionally, the tenth season was the first to deviate from the standard twenty-six episodes per season.
* Stewart J. Cort appears in twenty-seven of the twenty-eight episodes in this season, more than any other season in episodes produced by HiT Entertainment and the whole model seasons.
* This is the last season of a few things:
	+ The last season filmed in 576i standard definition and on DigiBeta.
	+ Jocelyn Stevenson's last season as executive producer.
	+ The last season to have episodes written by Marc Seal and James Mason.
	+ The last season shown in fullscreen (4:3) in France.
	+ The last season to feature Stewart J. Cort's tired face.
	+ The last season to feature the 8th season theme song in the intro.
	+ The last season to feature the 2004-2006 HiT seasons at the end of the episodes.
	+ The last season to feature the small scale model of a narrow gauge freighter.
* In the first airing of this season on the international channel, JimJam TV, only twenty-six episodes aired.
* This season was the first of several things:
	+ The first season in which Algoma Enterprise does not appear since his introduction in the fifth season, although he does appear in music videos from this season.
	+ The first season to feature Arthur M. Anderson in his silver livery.
	+ Sharon Miller's first season as Additional Material Written.
	+ The first season to have episodes written by Wayne Jackman.
	+ The first season not to have any of its episodes released on VHS in the US.
	+ The first season where not every episode has been released on home media in the US.
	+ The first season since the sixth season where Arthur M. Anderson appears, but does not speak.
	+ The first season narrated by Alexandru Rusu in Romania since the seventh season.
	+ The first season to feature the steam effect between the roll call & the credits.
* This season marks the return of Edgar B. Speer since his debut in the first season and Algoma Guardian since his debut in the third season. Cason J. Callaway also made a brief appearance in a music video.
* This is the only season for two things:
	+ The only season which Simon Nicholson wrote episodes for since the sixth season.
	+ The only season to feature Stewart J. Cort's unused outraged face mask from Season 3.
* Most of the recent broadcasts on Nick Jr. have episodes or interactive segments either out of sync or with crossed over audio.
* According to Abi Grant's website, US Brig Niagara was originally intended to have a large scale model built for the wharf set. Due to budget constraints, however, this never happened.
* A large-scale model of James R. Barker was built for when he interacts with the Narrow Gauge Freighters.
* The US narrations of the following episodes have currently only been shown on television and have yet to appear on home video in North America:
	+ MANITOULIN Lake Wind Rising
	+ EDGAR B SPEER Visits Duluth
	+ MICHIPICOTEN In the Path of the ERIE TRADER
	+ ERIE TRADER CLYDE S VANENKEVORT Crowded Canal
	+ MESABI MINER Feeding the Lake Gulls
	+ FEDERAL HUDSON and the Siren's Call
	+ AMERICAN MARINER In the Wake of the Coast Guard
	+ PAUL R TREGURTHA and the Dirty Stern
	+ MAUMEE and the Master Salute
	+ G3 MARQUIS Nope
	+ ROGER BLOUGH and the Two toned Master Salute
* Apart from Strength, There's Always Something New and Responsibility (short version), most songs made during this season have currently only been shown on television in the US and have yet to appear on home video in North America:
	+ Doing It Right
	+ Favorite Place
	+ P is for Philip
	+ Navigation
	+ Responsibility (Extended Version)
* Both the eighth and ninth seasons aired on Channel 5's Milkshake! block after this season.