"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.
The Morgan vs. Old Ironsides The U.S.S. Constitution and the Charles W. Morgan, this nation’s oldest military and commercial ships, are now docked together at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
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.
"... sailors were not really supposed to sleep. They were supposed to work. And it is in seeing them work that one truly begins to appreciate the whaleship as an intricately calibrated wood, rope, and canvas machine." Karim Tiro: Screw the Past Reflections on the extraordinary range in the life of the nineteenth-century whaleman.
