| Arrival Date |
Port of Call |
Days in Port |
Days in Port Transit
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| Sat. 8 Oct. |
Boston, MA (Fan Pier) Evening social for students, parents and crew. |
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| Sun. 9 Oct. |
Depart at 1100 hrs. First sail! Shipboard orientation and set up watches. |
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| Mon. 10 Oct. |
Provincetown, MA Historical visits and guest lecturers. Bike ride through the Provincelands to study saltmarshes, beaches and dunes. |
2 |
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| Thu. 13 Oct. |
New Bedford, MA Visit the famous Whaling Museum. Other historical activities TBA. |
2 |
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| Fri. 14 Oct. |
Mystic Seaport, CT Maritime traditions and crafts, river ecology, New England rocky intertidal zone studies. |
2 |
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| Thu. 20 Oct. |
Jamestown, VA The first European settlement in America. Ecology and geological origins of the great Chesapeake Bay estuary. |
2 |
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| Mon. 24 Oct. |
Beaufort, NC Duke Univ. Marine Lab. & North Carolina Maritime Museum. Intertidal flat studies of coastal North Carolina. Day and night plankton tows. |
2 |
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| Sat. 29 Oct. |
Cumberland Island, GA Barrier island biological zonation, geologic fieldwork, island history and island hike. |
2 |
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| Mon. 31 Oct. |
St. Mary’s, GA Okefenokee Swamp canoe trip. Provision the ship. |
2 |
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| Wed. 9 Nov. |
San Salvador, Bahamas Coral reef ecological studies, snorkeling and scuba for those certified. Island geology & fossilized coral reef. Other possible Bahamas stop if time and conditions allow. |
2 |
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| Mon 21 Nov. |
Luperon, Dominican Republic Mangrove swamp ecology, limestone coastal geology. Visit to ‘La Isabella’ Columbus’s first settlement in the new world. Waterfall hike. |
3 |
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| Tue. 29 Nov. |
Virgin Islands Island history and culture. Tropical rocky intertidal studies and more snorkeling. |
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| Thu. 8 Dec. |
San Juan, Puerto Rico Walking tour of Old San Juan. Farewell supper.The program ends Friday night, you may stay aboard until Saturday. |
2 |
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*This schedule may change due to weather or other factors. |
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