Below is a list of workshops and events that the Gulf of
Maine Expedition team and other local groups will be bringing to campus
on July 3rd, 2002. Join us for the whole day or for just a few activities.
It's Free!
We are carrying a huge roll of paper that will be unraveled in every town
we visit. It will be an evolving art project celebrating the Gulf of Maine.
Paint and color what this vast watershed means to you.
Bird hike: (Rich on language to make it fun for adults and kids)
All you need is your feet to walk, your eyes to looks and your ears to
listen. Binoculars would help too as you learn to see the birds that live
along our shore.
What is in the Ocean? The Expedition team and the MDI Water Quality
Coalition will show you how easy it is to get involved monitoring the
ocean for phytoplankton and water quality. Learn how to use modern technology
and traditional field skills. Use a field microscope to look for phytoplankton
in a water sample you just gathered.
The edge of the sea. From the black slimy stuff at the top, to
barnacles and rockweed in the middle, and starfish and urchins at the
bottom, get down and dirty in the intertidal zone and learn about the
species that live there.
Marine mammals of the Gulf of Maine. Join Allied Whale in discovering
what marine mammals frequent the waters of the Gulf of Maine.
Leave No Trace: Sea kayaking is growing so quickly that each person's
behavior can make a big difference. Be a responsible sea kayaker! Acadia
National Park and the Expedition team will teach the latest skills and
ethics to tread lightly on the islands and shoreline.
Navigation skills: This will be an introductory session to reading
nautical charts, using a compass and other navigational tools including
parallel rules and GPS. Fun exercises (including perhaps a land-based
scavenger hunt) will get us acquainted with the skills and the tools needed
to find your way on the ocean.
Sea kayak rescue skills: The Gulf of Maine can be an unforgiving
environment. As important as having the right equipment is having the
right knowledge. The Expedition team and local volunteers will demonstrate
a series of self and assisted rescue techniques from the basic paddlefloat
rescue which all paddlers should learn, to the T and other assisted rescues
techniques, and the elusive-for-many but important Eskimo roll.
Sea kayak safety equipment and trip packing: Planning a kayak trip?
What should you bring? What should you wear? How should you pack? With
the growing popularity of kayaking, it is easy to forget that sea kayaking
on the Gulf of Maine requires some serious attention to safety. Learn
about how the Expedition team keeps safety at the forefront of every single
mile we paddle.
The Gulf of Maine community is made up of an area of dedicated individuals
and organizations working hard to protect our ecology and cultural legacy.
Local groups (MDI Water Quality Coalition, Marine Environmental Research
Institute, Friends of Acadia, Maine Coastal Program, Acadia National Park,
Maine Coastal Program, MDI Paddlers, Allied Whale, and others) will be
present to add workshops and activities to the schedule.
Explore the George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History from 10am-5pm.
Admission:
Adults-
$3.50
Seniors-
$2.50
Teens-
$1.50
Kids-
$1.00
The Expedition team will kick off the College's summer evening lecture
series (sponsored by the Dorr Museum of Natural History) with a slideshow
of the Gulf of Maine. Share the experience with us through our images
and stories from the Gulf. We hope that in traveling slowly, by kayak,
we will gain and convey to others a sense of the Gulf that cannot be gained
by other means of travel - a personal, immediate, and intimate sense of
time and place. It is this sense of the Gulf of Maine that we hope to
share with you through our slideshow. Because each community we visit
is a part of the greater Gulf of Maine, we hope to follow the slideshow
with an open discussion with all of you about the issues most important
to your community.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
TIME |
NAME |
LOCATION
|
PRESENTOR |
8:30 AM |
|
|
|
Activities: |
Bird Walk |
O
|
GOMEX |
|
The Edge of the Sea |
W
|
Darrin Kelly |
9:30 AM |
|
|
|
Activities: |
Gulf of Maine Mural |
A
|
GOMEX |
|
What is in the Ocean? |
W
|
MDIWQC |
11:00 AM |
|
|
|
Presentations: |
Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Maine |
G
|
Allied Whale |
|
Is it Safe to Swim? |
G
|
MDIWQC |
|
Navigation |
O
|
GOMEX |
12:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
|
|
1:30 PM |
|
|
|
Presentations: |
Leave No Trace (Low Impact Paddling) |
O
|
ANP and GOMEX |
|
Debris Free Lunch |
A
|
Maine Coastal Program |
|
Pollution and Effects on Marine Mammals |
G
|
MERI |
2:30 PM |
|
|
|
Activities: |
Phytoplankton Tow |
O
|
MDIWQC and GOMEX |
|
Gulf of Maine Mural |
A
|
GOMEX |
3:30 PM |
|
|
|
Presentations: |
Helping Acadia National Park |
G
|
Friends of Acadia |
|
Packing for an Expedition |
O
|
GOMEX |
|
Islands of the Gulf of Maine |
G
|
John Anderson |
5:00 PM |
|
|
|
Activities: |
Sea Kayak Safety Demo |
W
|
GOMEX |
6:00 PM |
Dinner Break |
|
|
7:30 PM |
|
|
|
Slideshow: |
The Gulf of Maine |
G
|
GOMEX |
Locations: |
W = Waterfront |
|
O = Outside |
|
G = Gates Center |
|
A = Arch under Kaelber Hall |
The College of the Atlantic is close to downtown Bar Harbor
and can be reached by foot or Islander Bus.
Islander Bus Schedule:
B. NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM / COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC
Buses stop at the College of the Atlantic at 20 and 50 minutes past the
hour. After 3:15 p.m., service increases to every 15 minutes, with stops
at 5, 20, 35, and 50 minutes past the hour. The bus turns into the College
ON REQUEST ONLY after 10:00 p.m.
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