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No one ever tells you seals really stink - especially when you’re standing down wind.

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The Victoria + Albert tub in the White Elephant hotel residence is divine when the wind blows cold on Nantucket.

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Conservation is important on this 124-square-kilometre island.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail

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Take time to wander the back streets.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail

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Many Nantucketers give their homes seafaring or simply amusing names.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail

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Book lovers will enjoy ducking the cold at Nantucket Bookworks.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail

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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

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Every seat is taken at Black-Eyed Susan's, a popular BYOB restaurant on Nantucket Island.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail

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Looking along Great Point, Nantucket Island.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail

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A local carpenter battens down the hatches on his boat before an October storm hits.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail

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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

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The clouds parted over the ocean while I flew Cape Air back to Boston.Sarah MacWhirter/The Globe and Mail

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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

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