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Just Some Nantucket Pictures

Just Some Nantucket Pictures

All I can say is that I can not believe that the three months went by already and that we are back home. It started out slow with the weather being so snowy and cold but the last few weeks the weather was amazing and they flew by! These pictures were from some of my […]

Zannie Duffy’s Post: Nan”truckin” around Stump Pond

http://blogs.umb.edu/suzannahduffy001/2014/03/24/nantruckin-around-stump-pond/ Nan”truckin” around Stump Pond March 24, 2014 by suzannahduffy001 | 0 comments Today was the start of the last week of our second to last class here on Nantucket. Time is flying by! There are just four weeks left before we complete this island adventure. Speaking of island adventure, today in our Natural History […]

Back to ACK

Back to ACK

although everyone is enjoying and indulging in the all that the island of nantucket has to offer, it was very nice to go home for spring break to see family and some real mountains that are above 150ft above sea level. everyone has returned from their spring breaks and have had enough time to ACKlimate […]

Some cool things

Some cool things

  Amazing tree at the Field Station, beautiful clear water at the Jetties, and a tiny wavy whelk shell at Children’s Beach

Children's Beach is cool

Children’s Beach is cool

Big Weird Trees of Squam Forest

Big weird trees of Squam Forest February 27, 2014 by adriannaplavetsk001 | 0 comments 1937931_10202422728102272_1925122641_n Hello! My name is Adrianna and I’m currently working on analyzing and comparing soil profiles in two areas of Squam forest. Zannie Duffy; another student participating in the Nantucket Semester, and I are working with Kelly Omand of the Nantucket […]

Link to Sam’s blog

http://blogs.umb.edu/samanthastruzins001/2014/02/24/samtucket/  

Lighthouse at Brant Point

I’m really bad at creating title names, but “I like Nantucket” is too short so here is this one.

Hi! My name is Wilkins and I am one of the fortunate students to be at the Nantucket satellite campus this Spring Semester. To be quite honest, I wasn’t expecting to like the idea of being on an island with 10 strangers under one roof. It sounds like a spin-off of some crappy reality series. […]

Goodbye Mainland, Hello Nantucket

Goodbye Mainland, Hello Nantucket

We have been here for a little over two weeks and are already having so many adventures. When we first got here, ReMain set up a scavenger hunt for the group and they were kind enough to give us gift certificates to some of the local businesses. We were given a tour of the island […]

Welcome to the Nantucket Semester Spring 2014!

Welcome to the Nantucket Semester Spring 2014!

On January 18th 11 UMass Boston Students moved the Island of Nantucket for the Semester.  They are taking hands-on sprint courses in Environmental Research Methods and Practice (they are almost done with that course), Intro to Oceanography,  Natural History of Nantucket, and Marine and Coastal Ecological Research.  They will also be doing independent research projects […]

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