Keywords: West Greenland
Item 55114
West Greenland women aboard the 'Bowdoin,' 1926
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1926 Media: Photo negative
Item 54927
Inuit aboard schooner 'Bowdoin,' West Greenland, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1940 Media: Photo negative
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
CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections
Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines
"… depression Edna dies out off the coast of Greenland. The hurricane lasted a total of 13 days."
Story
Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune
Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.
