'Bowdoin' beached for repairs, 1947
Contributed by Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
Item 76977
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On any long voyage, repairs are sometimes needed. Here the Bowdoin has been taken into shore at low tide and careened. A dory floats at her stern so that the propeller can be fixed.
The schooner was designed for and captained by Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan.
Other Information
- Title: 'Bowdoin' beached for repairs, 1947
- Creator: Platt, Rutherford
- Subject Date: 1947
- Media: transparency
- Local Code: 1975.13.63.6
- Collection: Rutherford Platt Collection
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
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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Bowdoin (ship)
Boats--Greenland
Maintenance & repair--Greenland
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