Paul DeOrsay. (Photo courtesy Camden Conference)
The Camden Conference, Penobscot Marine Museum, and the Belfast Free Library will present Paul DeOrsay on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m., for a program on Arctic exploration, science, and the Inuit. This event will be open to all on Zoom.
The 19th century saw a prolific bloom of interest in the Arctic among European and North American nations. Some 50 major expeditions were mounted between 1815 and 1909, most in search of a Northwest Passage. Along the way, these expeditions gathered data on geology, oceanography, flora and fauna, magnetism, gravity and astronomy. Later, as it was learned that the passage existed but was essentially impassable, exploration focused on discovering just what lay farther north: an open sea, another continent, or just more ice. Finally, the focus became reaching the North Pole, a somewhat intangible goal, but one that generated public enthusiasm and national pride.
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 6:00pm
Author and historian Charles Lagerbom, Courtesy of Camden Conference
The Camden Conference, Penobscot Marine Museum, and the Belfast Free Library will present Charles Lagerbom speaking on “Maine Whaling: To the Arctic and Beyond.” This event takes place on Thursday, Jan. 28 and will be open to all on Zoom. Please register at: belfastlibrary.org/virtual-programs
The history of American whaling is most frequently associated with Nantucket, New Bedford and Mystic. However, the state of Maine also played an integral part in the development and success of this important industry. The sons of Maine became whaling captains, whaling crews, inventors, investors and businessmen. Towns along the coast created community-wide whaling and sealing ventures, outfitted their own ships and crewed them with their own people. The state also supplied the growing industry with Maine-built ships, whale boats, oars and other maritime supplies. Bath built quite a few
Charles Lagerbom. (Photo courtesy Camden Conference)
The Camden Conference, Penobscot Marine Museum, and the Belfast Free Library will present Charles Lagerbom speaking on “Maine Whaling: To the Arctic and Beyond.” This event takes place on Thursday, Jan. 28, from 6 - 7:30 p.m., and will be open to all on Zoom. Please register at: belfastlibrary.org/virtual-programs
The history of American whaling is most frequently associated with Nantucket, New Bedford and Mystic. However, the state of Maine also played an integral part in the development and success of this important industry. The sons of Maine became whaling captains, whaling crews, inventors, investors and businessmen. Towns along the coast created community-wide whaling and sealing ventures, outfitted their own ships and crewed them with their own people. The state also supplied the growing industry with Maine-built ships, whale boats, oars and other maritime supplies. Bath built quite a few steam-bark whalers at the en
The program may be viewed online: https://vimeo.com/485509807.
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Everyone has a favorite Christmas carol: a song from your favorite Christmas movie, one you sang in church every year growing up or a carol that reminds you of Christmas Eve at your grandmother’s house. Christmas caroling has taken place for thousands of years, an adaptation of pre-Christian solstice singing. Whether you are a fan of Christmas carols being played the day after Halloween or if you prefer to wait for your Christmas caroling until after Thanksgiving, Christmas just isn’t Christmas without carols.
“The Penobscot Bay Singers share some of our holiday favorites to put you in the spirit,” said Singers, in a news release. “Whether you enjoy Christmas, other seasonal festivals, or winter itself, this program includes a few classics for your enjoyment. We hope this will liven your spirits, put a lift in your step and bring a smile to your face, as the light returns...UNTIL we ca
On this date in Maine history: Dec. 15
By Joseph Owen
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Painting of the Clipper Ship Red Jacket by Percy A. Sanborn
Courtesy of the Penboscot Marine Museum, Searsport
Dec. 15, 1885: Lloyd’s of London receives word that Red Jacket, the Rockland-built clipper ship that set a record by crossing the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Liverpool in slightly more than 13 days during its maiden voyage in 1854, has slipped its mooring in a storm and broken apart on rocks in Funchal Harbor on the Portuguese island of Madeira. Two hundred tons of coal were on board at the time.
The wreckage is sold for 112 British pounds to Blandy Bros. & Co. Ltd., which uses the lumber from the ship to build a home for the family that owns the company and for furniture in the company’s offices.