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Description
In 1925 the National Geographic Society sponsored an expedition led by Donald B. MacMillan to explore the territory between Alaska and the Pole and northwest of Axel Heiberg Island.
The expedition gathered in Wiscasset with the ships the Bowdoin and the Peary.
About This Item
- Title: Naval Officers, Wiscasset, 1925
- Creation Date: 1925
- Subject Date: 1925
- Location: Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.11065
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
- Arrivals & departures--Maine--Wiscasset
- Bowdoin (Schoooner)--Photographs
- Expeditions & surveys--Arctic regions
- Explorers
- Farewells--Maine--Wiscasset
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