Stellwagen Bank: July 13

The Charles W. Morgan sailed on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary on July 13, 2014 from Provincetown.

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CWM visit to Stellwagen Bank July-12-2014

News: From Whaling to Watching

Photo gallery and video from the Morgan's three days with the whales on Stellwagen Bank.

Stellwagen Bank NMS Oceans Live

NOAA: OceansLive broadcasts from the Morgan

The arrival of the whaleship Charles W. Morgan was the inspiration for a series of live web-television shows that detailed transitions in science, art and society from whaling days to today.

Thus was my introduction as a young girl to the world of whaling and the adventurous life of Marian Shaw Smith.

Kathleen Lafferty: My Cousin Marian

A pair of tall vases. A ruby ring. Huge whale teeth. A carved walrus tusk. An umbrella swift made of whalebone used to wind yarn. Old photographs of whaling ships. Letters written on thin vellum, with fading ink, signed by a woman named Marian.

Deck log: July 13, 2014

Deck log: July 13, 2014

Day 3 on Stellwagen Bank. "0920 Abeam G 3 to starboard leaving Provincetown Harbor."

A. E. Doyle: Flat Stanley

A. E. Doyle: Flat Stanley Clayton W. Morgan

"Travel with me! Learn about people, places, and the way things work!"

Jim Taylor: Bucket dedicated to CWM

Jim Taylor: Making a traditional bucket

A modern cooper makes and tests a traditional wooden bucket.

Finney: Experiential learning

Suzanne Finney: Experiential Learning and Archaelogy

"How does experiential learning work when it’s the instructor who had the experience and not the students? "

Lafferty envelope I

Kathleen Lafferty: Letter to an Ancestor I

Lafferty writes to her ancestor Marian Smith, navigator, photographer, and correspondent, who sailed throughout the world at the turn of the 20th century with her whaling captain husband.

Stellwagen NMS enotes feature

Whaling Through Wind and Weather

Even more than the presence of whales, this subtle factor contributed heavily to the success of a whaling expedition.

Lafferty Envelope 2

Kathleen Lafferty: Letter to an Ancestor II

Second in a series of letters to her ancestor Marian Smith.