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"It's unusual that the museum opted to put its most valuable artifact in harm's way. More meaningful, though, is the example this set for other institutions dedicated to curating public history."

Svati Narula: A Priceless Museum Artifact, But in the Ocean

A journalist explores the implications of the 38th Voyage.

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Mike Vogel: The Light from the Whale

The Charles W. Morgan still exists. So does the 1833 Buffalo Lighthouse that once burned oils brought back by America’s whaling fleet. Its keeper tells the tale.

"How many hundreds of other young men, for example, served on whalers, without writing a word about it, or perhaps even being able to do so? There is nothing probable, really, about Melville turning his whaling years into literature..."

Ellie Stedall: Sea-Room

As Melville noted, “You must have plenty of sea-room to tell the Truth in.”

Ishmael’s Plankton Net: Teaching Marine Science Aboard the Charles W. Morgan

“What are you doing?” he asks. Accustomed to such questions, Molly responds with one enthusiastic word: “Science!”

John Bryant: Work

A ship is a place of work. And the work begins with language.

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William Hanson: Sailing Aboard the Charles W. Morgan

"One overnight and a full day on an authentic whaling ship, on the sea surrounded by whales ... the intangible things of which paintings are made."

Lisa Gilbert

Lisa Gilbert: Science and Uncharted Waters

"We gathered information on the weather, water, birds, mammals and even trash we encountered along the way."

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NOAA: Stellwagen Bank E-Notes July/August 2014

Whales, science and television: learn about the array of activities connected to the Morgan's visit to Stellwagen Bank.

"Her mission now is her own preservation, to get out and sail now and again to show people why these were such good vessels...She should be sailed at least twice every generation.”

Tom Jackson: Sailing with the Charles W. Morgan

A sailor writes about the authenticity of the Morgan's restoration and what we can learn from her voyage.

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Hester Blum: A List of Books that I Did Not Read on the Voyage

"The questions that structured my encounter with the whaleship, as it turned out, found unexpected answers: I neither read nor wrote a word while aboard."