Contributed by Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
Description
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.
About This Item
- Title: 'Bowdoin' beached for repairs, 1947
- Creator: Rutherford Platt
- Creation Date: 1947
- Subject Date: 1947
- Location: Greenland
- Media: Transparency
- Local Code: 1975.13.63.6
- Collection: Rutherford Platt Collection
- Object Type: Image
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