DAY 1 Arrive at St. John's airport. We meet you at the airport and take you to your Bed and Breakfast accommodation in the old section of the city, walking distance from the harbour and the entertainment district. Our first stop of the day is at the Ocean Sciences Centre just outside St. John's. This is a cold ocean research facility operated by Memorial University and houses laboratories where research is conducted on the North Atlantic fishery, aquaculture, oceanography, ecology, behaviour and physiology. The displays feature live marine animals that you can view up close.
Cold seawater is pumped up to the holding tanks from the ocean below.
It is a great start to the week. Then, we'll drive to Cape Spear , the most easterly point of land in North America. After an interpretative tour of the site and the famous Cape Spear lighthouse, we walk southwards along the coastal trail. Depending upon the month, we can expect to see arctic pack ice, icebergs, and wide variety of seabirds and whales. We return to St. John's at the end of the day.