Stellwagen Bank: July 11

The Charles W. Morgan sailed on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary on July 11, 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.

Deck log: July 11, 2014

Deck log: July 11, 2014

Day 1 on Stellwagen Bank. "Whale sighting on starboard beam...launch port forward whale boat."

"Within the museum world, we regularly debate what constitutes the best use of an artifact: should it be stored away, unseen but preserved, or should it be kept out for viewing or even touching by the public?"

Mary K. Bercaw Edwards: All Astir

A staff member provides an introduction to the ship and the purposes of the voyage.

Taylor Sahl pg. 1

Taylor Sahl: Voyage Journal

A Voyager and student of whale behavior shares data on whale sightings and the life of Pepper, a humpback whale.

"But because I’ve trod the Morgan’s deck, watched her 19 sails unfurl, explored her blubber room, because I know her live oak keel steadies her, she becomes precise in word and paint. With the barbaric Pequod, Ryder’s moonlit vessels, Turner’s whale ships, spewing gore into a blood red dawn, the Morgan now looms and moves across the canvas of my mind, sails billowing."

Elizabeth Schultz: Ishmael on the Morgan

Poems inspired by the 38th Voyage.

Whales

Spectacle on Stellwagen

“There you stand, a hundred feet above the silent decks, striding along the deep, as if masts were gigantic stilts, while beneath you and between your legs, as if it were, swim the hugest monsters of the sea…”

Bosworth Nocturnal Voyage thumbnail

Barbara Bosworth: Nocturnal Voyage

Photographs, 2014

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."

Evan Turk whales

Evan Turk: Encountering the whales

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

Whale on Stellwagen Bank

News: A Return to the Whales

The Morgan returned to sail among whales during a visit to the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, one of the world’s premier whale watching sites.

Michael Whitney: drifter in water

Michael Whitney: GPS-tracked surface drifters

Follow eight drifters released from the Morgan as they travel on ocean currents. And view maps from the journal kept by Joseph F. Edwards on the Morgan's 1918-1919 Atlantic voyage.

Taylor Sahl video

Taylor Sahl: 38th Voyage Video

"...how strange it is to love two opposing things–to romanticize a vessel that once killed the whales I love..."

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.

Stellwagen NMS enotes feature

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.

Anne DiMonti

Anne DiMonti: “There She Blows!” Again

A marine biologist’s journey on a whaleship.

Gary-Wikfors

Gary Wikfors: Music for waldzither

Original music that blends the folk traditions heard aboard the Charles W. Morgan in the 19th century.

Evan Turk Heartbeat video

Evan Turk: Heartbeat

Log: July 11, 1912.

Fast-moving whales a challenge to catch...

NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries

News: Morgan to Visit Stellwagen Bank

An overview of the Morgan's visit to the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.