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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000ff>Thursday June
3rd 7pm</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT
color=#0000ff><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ocean Voice
at the Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport</SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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color=#0000ff><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">174 Union
Street, New Bedford MA 508-994-5400</SPAN></B></FONT></P><FONT
color=#0000ff><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><B><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(255,102,0); LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
Bering Strait Fur Trade: Native and Foreign Competition for Its Control in the
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John Bockstoce will
deliver a fully illustrated lecture on the competition among native and foreign
nations to control the flow of furs across Bering Strait from North America to
Asia, a competition that involved Russia, Great Britain, the United States and
fifty native nations.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This talk is based on
his most recently published book, <I>Furs and Frontiers in the Far North: The
Contest among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering Strait Fur Trade.
</I>Copies of the book will be available for sale during the book signing after
the lecture.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Doors open at 6:15pm
for refreshment and mingling amid the SEA & ICE exhibit. Talk begins
at 7 p.m. Ocean Voice Admission: $3/Adults, $2/Senior, Child</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For more information or directions visit our
website: <A href="http://www.Oceanexplorium.org">Oceanexplorium.org</A> or
contact Abbey Spargo.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Abbey Spargo<BR>Education Programs
Coordinator<BR>Ocean Explorium<BR>(508) 994-5400 x 23<BR><A
href="mailto:aspargo@oceanexplorium.org">aspargo@oceanexplorium.org</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>