CCMNH: Inflatable Walk-Through Gray Whale!
Name:
CCMNH: Inflatable Walk-Through Gray Whale!
Date:
April 17, 2024
Time:
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM EDT
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Event Description:
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents
The Inflatable Walk-Through Gray Whale!
During April School Vacation
BREWSTER, MA — The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is proud to present the Inflatable Walk-Through Gray Whale generously funded by The Bilezikian Family Foundation
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 10am-3pm during April School Vacation! Last admission to the Museum is 2:30pm.
Gray whales are amazing long-distance travelers, undertaking migrations of thousands of kilometers each year. Although the gray whale is alive and well in the North Pacific, the species disappeared from the Atlantic Ocean by the 18th century. In the last 15 years, there have been five observations of gray whales in the Atlantic including off the coast of Florida in December 2023.
Most recently in March, scientists from the New England Aquarium spotted a gray whale off the coast of Nantucket while conducting an aerial survey. To explain the strange sightings, scientists point to climate change. The Northwest Passage, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific through the Arctic Ocean in Canada, has regularly been ice-free in the summertime in recent years, partly due to rising global temperatures. Now, gray whales can potentially travel the Passage in the summer, something that wouldn’t have been possible in the previous century.
Walk through this amazing creature and learn all about its behavior and habits from the inside out with our CCMNH volunteers. An extraordinary journey!
Included with Museum Admission
For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867 ext. 133.
CCMNH, 869 Main Street, Brewster
The Inflatable Walk-Through Gray Whale!
During April School Vacation
BREWSTER, MA — The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is proud to present the Inflatable Walk-Through Gray Whale generously funded by The Bilezikian Family Foundation
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 10am-3pm during April School Vacation! Last admission to the Museum is 2:30pm.
Gray whales are amazing long-distance travelers, undertaking migrations of thousands of kilometers each year. Although the gray whale is alive and well in the North Pacific, the species disappeared from the Atlantic Ocean by the 18th century. In the last 15 years, there have been five observations of gray whales in the Atlantic including off the coast of Florida in December 2023.
Most recently in March, scientists from the New England Aquarium spotted a gray whale off the coast of Nantucket while conducting an aerial survey. To explain the strange sightings, scientists point to climate change. The Northwest Passage, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific through the Arctic Ocean in Canada, has regularly been ice-free in the summertime in recent years, partly due to rising global temperatures. Now, gray whales can potentially travel the Passage in the summer, something that wouldn’t have been possible in the previous century.
Walk through this amazing creature and learn all about its behavior and habits from the inside out with our CCMNH volunteers. An extraordinary journey!
Included with Museum Admission
For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867 ext. 133.
CCMNH, 869 Main Street, Brewster
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