Keywords: Peary, Robert E. (Admiral)
Item 28768
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, ca. 1909
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1909 Media: Photographic print
Item 28774
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary in dress uniform, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1910 Media: Photographic print
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 <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Exhibit
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.