Taking Her Up The Bay

Regardless of the season, unflappable Maine pilots guide oil tankers, cargo vessels, and cruise ships from around the world through the tricky waters of

Regardless of the season, unflappable Maine pilots guide oil tankers, cargo vessels, and cruise ships from around the world through the tricky waters of Penobscot Bay.
Image subjects: tanker entering Bucksport
tug boat alongside a tanker
pilot assisting ship's officer plot course
tanker passing paper mill in Bucksport in icy waters

Location: Bucksport HarborPenobscot Bay

By: Andrew Vietze

Photography by: Thomas Mark Szelog

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Our New Books
	Interventions \| Four individually bound stories presented in a lovely slipcase.
	Take Heart \| In this collection of verse, Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair has collected the work of Maine poets from his popular “Take Heart” column, featuring a poem each week in thirty newspapers across the state and reaching a quarter of a million readers.
	Fairy House Handbook \| A fun craft and lore book that guides readers on how to go about building a fairy house.
	Maine ABC \| Illustrated with distinct Maine icons, such as moose, lobster, and Katahdin, this book has a rhyming verse that will have children singing the words, asking for it to be read again and again, and learning the alphabet in no time.