Stories include:

Keeping track of the wondrous machine by Benjamin Neal
To know what's out there in the Gulf of Maine we've got to measure it (literally)

In the lair of the ice king by Philip W. Conkling
Open water in the high Artic carries a message for the rest of the world

Free Willy-eat or be eaten? by Colin Woodward
In Iceland, cultures clash over whales

Story in stitches by Muriel L. Hendrix
A remarkable quilt recalls a method of fishing now gone by

Fox Islanders go rowing by Bruce Halibisky
Students and their teachers build boats, community and character