Harbor Features

Gunkholing with Gizmo: Goose Cove, Deer Isle

jamie — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:34:46 -0400

It’s hard to beat the view at the new Cockatoo II restaurant, located in the former Goose Cove Lodge.

To Rockland by Rail and Beyond

jamie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:10:29 -0400

Passing Bowdoinham. Photograph by George Melvin / Maine Eastern Railroad.

World Ocean Radio - 05

jamie — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:49:11 -0400

World Ocean Radio, from the World Ocean Observatory (http://www.thew2o.net), is a series hosted by Peter Neill that covers a broad spectrum of issues related to the oceans of the world. Topics include the world's largest cargo ship, the law of the sea, international maritime issues, navigation, pollution, ballast water and invasive species, and more. We will be posting some of our favorites here.

World Ocean Radio - 04

jamie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:01:02 -0400

Glass Plate Images Collection: Maine Streets

jamie — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:18:03 -0500

A selection of images from Maine Streets: Selections from the Photographic Archives of the Penobscot Marine Museum. On display from March 14 – May 9, 2008 at the Acadia Trust, NA offices in Portland. Click here for details about the event and the collection.

Adventures - Gizmo - Cross River

jamie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:16:31 -0500

It looks like a river, and it feels like a river, but it’s actually a tidal basin

Maine Maritime Academy - Tidal Power

jamie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:22:20 -0500

This figure shows an artist's conception of a possible turbine design based on traditional propeller technologies. Maine Maritime Academy's TEDEC would provide a location and the expertise to test various turbine configurations.

Glass Beach

jamie — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:35:48 -0500

Photograph by Virginia L. Thorndike.

Adventures - Gizmo - Eastern Egg Rock

jamie — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:15:47 -0400

A puffin in flight over Eastern Egg Rock.

Eastern Egg Rock (1) sits just east of a border that splits Muscongus Bay between Lincoln and Knox counties and just south of another that further divides it between the Knox towns of Friendship and St. George. These lines are critical to the lobster catchers who work these waters, but I’ll venture that the multitudinous birds that fish off the rock don’t give a quack, a cackle, or a coo.

Audio Slideshow: Loons in Fall

jamie — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:25:09 -0400

To view the slideshow, click the Play button in the lower left. To browse images roll over the bottom grey bar to reveal the thumbnails or use the arrow keys to the far right.