In April, listen to a paleontologist explain the evolution of marine mammals while you cruise on the Gulf of California. In July, fly to the Italian seaside and observe master classes in piano, voice and strings. These trips are among the dizzying number of educational tours on the calendar for 2001. As in years past, the Travel section has asked me to select 10 that seem especially promising. The trips are listed in no particular order.
Prices are per person, double occupancy, including lodging and guides.
As of Wednesday, space was available for all. Although most Oceanic Society Expeditions are natural history trips or research projects, one tour this spring is a nature writing workshop on Midway Islands, a national wildlife refuge along the Hawaiian archipelago. May 19 to 26. Contact Marcy Englund, Oceanic Society Expeditions, Ft. Research on endangered carnivores will be the focus of a trip to southern Africa under the auspices of the Harvard Museum of Natural History.