The Charles W. Morgan is the last remaining vessel in the once prolific Yankee whaling fleet. During her 38th voyage, she is stopping at historic ports in New England, including Boston (via the Charlestown Navy Yard). The dockside exhibits, all fantastic, include an [to scale] inflatable sperm whale, demonstrations of barrel-making and coppersmith, coloring, sailor tattoos, and lots of history. The Morgan usually resides in Mystic, CT.
Map and b&w photo by Mystic Seaport
Telmo Pieper produced a series of images based on childhood drawing of animals. If animals looked as I drew them when I was a kid, we’d have some weird looking cats and rats (right, Mom?).
Erica Anderson, Horticultural Intern @ Shoals Marine Lab, has a great blog about her work in Celia Thaxter’s garden.
Thanks for a great class!!!
I took a walk out to Celia Thaxter’s garden to take some photos. The garden really came to life during my two weeks on Appledore, and it is really stunning in person. Even more so once you learn that many of the plants are the same ones that were originally placed there in the late 1800s (they spend the winter in the UNH greenhouse). Mary and I spent a few minutes sitting on the porch, and reading over the “what was the most interesting thing you learned” question on the student’s exams. We all helped load gear on the R/V Kingsbury, and headed for Portsmouth harbor at 10:00 AM. Until next year, SML!
Left: whiteboard killer whales, Right: sperm whale model rescued from storage
The students gave their research symposium after brunch and then had free time to explore the island. I went swimming and sea glass collecting with a few folks. Then we all went for a hike to the Shoe Tree, where I donated my well-loved PF Flyers (they were falling apart and got stained with seal blood during our dissection). Then we hiked out to the southern cliffs and got a great view of Star, Cedar, and Smuttynose Islands. Our evening ended with a screening of Finding Nemo.
The students took their final exam, and then we completed another seal survey in the dreamy twilight. Then we headed to Star Island for ice cream, porch sitting, and a beautiful sunset. The supermoon (a.k.a. Full Buck Moon) was rising as we rode back to Appledore
We went on a whale watch to Jeffrey’s Ledge, with a commercial vessel out of Rye, NH. It made for a long day, with lots of boating, and sleeping teenagers. I spent several hours out on the bow sprit with some students, and everyone was excited to see a fin whale, a few minke whales (photos above by Alex Kirby), and MANY sea birds. We arrived back at Appledore for a late dinner, and another beautiful sunset.
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