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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Old Whale Ship, New GoPro, Rookie in the Rigging



Melville scholar and Whitman College alumnus Robert K. Wallace, climbing the rigging of the whaleship Charles W. Morgan.

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  1. And that's Melville scholar Mary K. Bercaw assisting, yes?

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    1. Yes! Melville scholar and real sailor. There's more on the voyage at

      http://www.mysticseaport.org/38thvoyage/

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  2. The transition must be a keen one, from a scholar to a sailor, and require a strong decoction of a 1620 Seneca to be able to grin and bear it.

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