Schooner 'Bowdoin,' Greenland, 1939, 1939
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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
Moored near an iceberg in Kangerdluk Fjord, Greenland in 1939, the schooner Bowdoin was on a three-month expedition to study glaciers and deep fjords. Her crew of college and high-school age students did scientific work, including botany, ornithology, oceanography, and glacier studies.
Captain Donald MacMillan was a pioneer in experiential education. MacMillan gave dozens of young men an opportunity to experience the North while working hard, both aboard the vessel and ashore.
In an interview he gave to the Christian Science Monitor in 1949, MacMillan explained his philosophy: "No man can be successful without loving his work. I like to work with the boys and help them find the thing in life that they will love."
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