Austin Cary posing with equipment, Labrador, 1891
Contributed by Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
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Austin Cary, Bowdoin class of 1887, from Machias, poses with a canoe paddle. Cary was a member of the Grand River Party, and was one of two men to reach the Grand Falls deep in interior of Labrador.
The Grand River Party was an off-shoot of the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador, which explored the coast of Labrador in the summer of 1891.
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- Title: Austin Cary posing with equipment, Labrador, 1891
- Creation Date: 1891
- Subject Date: 1891
- State: Labrador
- Media: Photograph
- Local Code: 1996.11.25
- Collection: Farnsworth Art Museum - Rockland Camera Club Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
Bowdoin College, 9500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011-8495
(207) 725-3416
http://academic.bowdoin.edu/arcticmuseum/
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LC Subject Headings
Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador
Grand Falls Expedition
Bowdoin College--People
Scientific expeditions--Arctic regions--Equipment and supplies
Scientific expeditions--Arctic regions
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Students--Maine--Brunswick
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