Session Information
Gloucester: Fishing History & Call of the Whales Tour
Session Type: Tours
Location: BCEC
Date: Friday, October 01, 2010
Time: 7:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Date: Monday, October 04, 2010
Time: 12:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Description:
Speaker Bio:
The group will travel north to Gloucester, Massachusetts. Here they will visit the famous bronze statue of the Gloucester Fisherman, still overlooking the ocean in memory of the more than 10,000 fishermen who have been lost at sea. One of the best kept secrets in New England, Gloucester enjoyed recent international exposure as the inspiration for the film and novel, The Perfect Storm, by travel writer and author Sebastian Junger. This novel dramatically chronicles the way of life as a swordfisherman as well as tracks New England's most notorious storm. Follow the land journey from the Crow's Nest to the local docks where the Hannah Boden and Andrea Gail vacated their catches after 30 days at sea.
Arriving on the waterfront, guests will board a chartered vessel for an up close and personal view of the dances of whales. Participants frequently report close-up contact, including spraying, and looking into the whale's eye. On board, guests will be accompanied by an accomplished naturalist who explains the personalities and peculiarities of the giant mammals. Not for the faint of heart, this tour should take approximately four hours, but is certainly a special treat for those hearty souls who enjoy a little sea spray and the unique opportunity to "bond" with these gentle giants.
Upon the return of the charter vessel, guests will enjoy lunch at one of the many seasonal waterfront and marsh side eateries.
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