by Pip | Jul 22, 2015 | Summer 2015 Voyages
After an evening spent eating ice cream, singing karaoke, or wandering the shops around DeRivera Park, the trainees were busy again—either back in Stone Lab with their professors or aboard ship, working alongside the rest of their divisions. On Saturday, they looked...
by Pip | Jul 20, 2015 | Summer 2015 Voyages
Niagara arrived at Put-in-Bay just before a storm and just after the mayflies. The sky was clouding over when the ship docked, and the wind was picking up. Thunder boomed; “If that’s not motivation,” the captain told the crew, “I don’t know what is.” As if...
by Pip | Jul 17, 2015 | Summer 2015 Voyages
By now, it’s obvious that Niagara trainees are usually busy: with classwork, with their duties onboard, and with the day-to-day challenges of living and working on a tall ship. On top of everything else, we sometimes ask trainees to write about their experiences, to...
by Pip | Jul 15, 2015 | Summer 2015 Voyages
Anyone coming aboard Niagara for the first time will find plenty of work to be done. As soon as trainees arrive, they muster with the ship’s crew and other incoming students and volunteers. Each trainee joins a division (e.g. fourth division, port watch) and is given...
by Pip | Jul 13, 2015 | Summer 2015 Voyages
In the days before a Niagara voyage begins, trainees arrive at the Erie Maritime Museum from all over North America. This year’s Environmental Science Field School program brought students across the continent together with their peers—young scientists from Niagara...
