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The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum exhibit “Northward Over the Great Ice: Robert E. Peary and the Quest for the North Pole” is closing. The last day to see the exhibit is Sunday, September 5, 2010.

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The Bowdoin Boys in Labrador: An Online Exhibit

Story posted July 08, 2010

In 1891 a group of Bowdoin College students and recent graduates sailed from Rockland, Maine, to Labrador, aboard the schooner Julia A. Decker.

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Arctic Museum Bids Farewell to Graduating Seniors

Story posted June 08, 2007

Every spring, Arctic Museum staff members regretfully say good-bye to the graduating seniors who have worked at the museum, sometimes for many years. This spring has been particularly poignant, with no fewer that six students moving on to a new phase in their lives …

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Sheila Watt-Cloutier at Bowdoin

Sheila Watt-Cloutier at Bowdoin

Human rights activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Hon ‘09  will return to Bowdoin for the 2010-11 academic year as Tallman Professor. Read more about her here.

Historic blog

Historic blog

This historic blog follows Robert Peary's 1908-09 North Pole expedition from New York to the North Pole and back. The blog will be updated daily over the next fifteen months using various crew members' journals. You can read about what individuals were experiencing on the Roosevelt and while sledging across the Polar Sea exactly one hundred years ago to the day. Read more here.

The Way I Picture It

The Way I Picture It

In collaboration with the Canadian Inuit community of Pond Inlet, the Arctic Museum has released a DVD featuring film footage from Donald MacMillan’s visits to the area in 1948, 1959 and 1954, with a script by Mekai Ootova and her mother, Elisapie Ootova. 

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Imagination Takes Shape: Canadian Inuit Art from the Robert and Judith Toll Collection

Imagination Takes Shape: Canadian Inuit Art from the Robert and Judith Toll Collection

Coming Soon – Imagination Takes Shape: Canadian Inuit Art from the Robert and Judith Toll Collection, opening Nov. 18, 2010. Look for more information about this exhibit soon, and read more about this collection here

Where is Admiral Peary?