Researcher Neil Good will explore his findings linking Vínland, an area of the Atlantic coast settled for roughly twenty years by 11th century Norsemen, with Cape Cod and Nantucket Sound. Could Waquoit Bay be the potential site of both Leifsbuðir (Leif Eriksson’s houses) and ‘Hop,’ the landlocked tidal bay of Gudrid’s/Eirik’s Saga?
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The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the permanent preservation of Nantucket Sound by designating it as a National Historic Landmark.
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Nantucket Sound is the body of water between Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The Sound includes 750 square miles of federal and state waters that possess significant marine habitat for a diversity of ecologically and economically important species.
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2023 End-of-Year Newsletter
The generosity of our supporters has been the driving force behind our progress and success in protecting Nantucket Sound. Click below to review our end-of-year newsletter to see the progress we have made this past year.
MVY Radio’s segment on the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
MVYRADIO Reporter Joe Stickles interviews Audra Parker from the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound