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Evan Turk whales

Evan Turk: Encountering the whales

Evan Turk illustrates his story of the Morgan's encounter with whales.

Whale feeding at surface. (Ken Bracewell, D2014-07-0383)

The Greatest Naturalists on Earth

The data collection of the past few weeks has allowed the voyagers a deeper understanding of the waters they traverse. With this in mind, the possibility of finally sighting a whale becomes even more exciting.

Anne DiMonti

Anne DiMonti: “There She Blows!” Again

A marine biologist’s journey on a whaleship.

Pilgrim Monument video

Stowaway: Shore Leave in Provincetown

The Stowaway explores Provincetown and checks out the Pilgrim monument.

Secchi disk

Secchi Disk: The Scientific Frisbee

"Though the odds of a whale sighting while at port in Buzzards Bay were quite low at this time of year...."

Holding a copy of Moby-Dick high, Stubb the second mate urges his rowers forward, in fierce pursuit of their prey. His shipmates, facing him in pairs along a conference table in Building 2, strain at their oars. The whale, a senior in biological engineering, breaches and dives in the vast watery space between table and blackboards...

Wyn Kelley: Ahoy, Engineers!

From STEM to stern, Herman Melville’s classic whaling novel resonates with MIT students.

Sagamore Bridge

Stowaway: Our Compass Points to Cape Cod

Clouds cleared at dawn and on July 8, the Charles W. Morgan set sail from New Bedford harbor for Cape Cod.

Ger Tysk: John Manjiro

Ger Tysk: Drifting Toward the Southeast

John Manjiro, the opening of Japan, and the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

"How would we, the voyagers, find quiet moments for reflection on this remarkable voyage? How would we behave among strangers?"

Wyn Kelley: The Bunk

"The bunks looked clean, simple, graceful, light. I tried to imagine sleeping in one. For the next ten weeks I tried to imagine sleeping in one. Those bunks looked hard."

Wyn Kelley Melville portrait

Wyn Kelley: Melville for engineers and scientists

As MIT students discover, “Moby-Dick is full of the very same physical forces that engineers and scientists study and manipulate."