Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American

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Contains first-hand accounts by several members of the expedition to Labrador, including Professor Leslie A. Lee's trip log and his observation notes on the Eskimo village of Hopedale, as well as the diaries and journals of several students, and post-expedition reports of findings.

Abstract The papers of husband and wife Donald Baxter MacMillan (Bowdoin 1898, 1874-1970) and Miriam Look MacMillan (1905-1987), document exploration in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions from the time of Robert E. Peary’s successful North Pole expedition (1908-1909), through both World Wars, and into the modern scientific era. Materials include the MacMillans' personal and professional correspondence, log books and journals, published and unpublished writings, notebooks, scrapbooks, lecture...

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Materials relating to Harrie H. Newcomb's participation in the Ziegler Polar Expedition, 1903-1905.

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The collection contains family letters (1817-1931, n.d.), many written by John C. Parker to his parents during his time at Bowdoin and on the expedition to Labrador, as well as Parker's diaries and journals.

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The collection contains letters, journals, Thebaud ship's log, ornithological notes, articles and addresses, photographs, lists, and clippings, all relating to the voyage and written by various crew members.

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Includes 10 journals from the Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1917, with almost daily entries during various months in his Tanquary's personal journal, measurements and notes on geographical position, interactions with Inughuit team members, lists of supplies and materials, hand sketched maps, natural and animal observations.

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Collection contains correspondence (1881-1957), including letters written by Peary's chief assistant, Donald MacMillan (Bowdoin 1898); notes and observations written by expedition member, Langdon Gibson (1891-1892); a published edition of Extracts from Commander Peary's Personal Diary: of his trip to the North Pole (1910).

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Materials relating to the 1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence sent before and during the expedition, field notebooks with scientific observations (geology, botany, ornithology, etc.), personal journals, as well as many inserts found within the notebooks.

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Materials from William James Dove relating to his arctic expeditions with Robert A. Bartlett.