<div><strong>The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) is
offering twelve $450 scholarships</strong> for Cape Cod and Island
students to participate in WhaleSail.</div>
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<div><strong>WhaleSail</strong> offers 13-16 year old participants a once
in a lifetime adventure watching whales up close and personal in
their natural habitat while sailing aboard <em>Spirit of
Massachusetts</em>. <br />WhaleSail is a one-week adventure and ocean
exploration for students to explore the marine environment and watch
endangered large whales, while learning the time honored art of seafaring.
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<div>WhaleSail Sessions in 2007: </div>
<div><strong>July 7-13</strong> and <strong>July 16-22</strong></div>
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<div>The cost is <strong>$900/per</strong> session.</div>
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<p>Through investigations with PCCS scientist and researchers,
participants will observe whales while learning data collection and photo
identification techniques, collect plankton samples, perform oceanographic
experiments, visit historic sites and museums and share sea songs, games
and stories. </p>
<p>Participants will learn sail and line handling, navigation, make
sailor's knots and splices, perform lookouts and safety duties, as well as
many other skills necessary to keep a ship safe on her course. </p>
<p><strong>Points of interest include:</strong> </p>
<ul>
<li>Gerry E. Studds-Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary </li>
<li>Jefferies Ledge and Platts Bank </li>
<li>Great South Channel </li>
<li>Elizabeth Islands in Vineyard Sound </li>
<li>Fishing ports, including Gloucester, MA and New Bedford, MA </li>
<li>New Bedford Whaling Museum </li>
<li>Nantucket Whaling Museum </li>
<li>Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies </li>
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<p><strong>To apply for a scholarship, please submit by <u>June
15</u>:</strong> <br
/> <strong>•</strong> one school
recommendation & <br
/> <strong>•</strong> a 500--word essay
about the marine environment </p>
<p><strong>Please send application materials to:</strong><br />WhaleSail
Scholarship Review Committee<br />5 Holway Avenue<br />Provincetown, MA
02657 <br />OR email <a
title="mailto:masssail@coastalstudies.org"
href="mailto:masssail@coastalstudies.org">masssail@coastalstudies.org</a>.
<br /><br />********************************* <br />Joanne M. Jarzobski
<br />Marine Education Director <br />Provincetown Center for Coastal
Studies <br />5 Holway Avenue <br />Provincetown, MA 02657 <br
/>509/487-3623 x107 <br />whalewatch@coastalstudies.org</p>