No one ever tells you seals really stink - especially when you’re standing down wind.
The Victoria + Albert tub in the White Elephant hotel residence is divine when the wind blows cold on Nantucket.
Conservation is important on this 124-square-kilometre island.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail
Take time to wander the back streets.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail
Many Nantucketers give their homes seafaring or simply amusing names.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail
Book lovers will enjoy ducking the cold at Nantucket Bookworks.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail
A shop along the harbour. Because the buildings are all so (almost eerily) similar, you have to peek in the windows to find out what goodies await.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail
Every seat is taken at Black-Eyed Susan's, a popular BYOB restaurant on Nantucket Island.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail
Looking along Great Point, Nantucket Island.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail
A local carpenter battens down the hatches on his boat before an October storm hits.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail
Particular attention is paid to reading material at White Elephant - from Sun Tzu to Danielle Steele, all the residences have a selection designed to appeal to a wide variety of tastes.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail
The clouds parted over the ocean while I flew Cape Air back to Boston.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail
Have a question about Nantucket? Ask Captain Rob McMullen. Find him through White Elephant or in summer months, the Wauwinet.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail