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Keywords: Donald MacMillan
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Item 54699
Title: Donald MacMillan in rigging of 'Bowdoin,' 1947
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
Date: 1947-07-10
Location: Cape Mugford
Media: photograph
Item 54900
Title: MacMillan with puppy on 'Bowdoin,' 1939
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
Date: 1939
Media: photograph
Item 25027
Title: Donald B. MacMillan, 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Date: 1924
Media: Glass negative; photograph
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Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s.
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner Bowdoin, which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.