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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum

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Special Projects
  • Where in the World is Peary
  • Northward: Peary's 1908-09 Expedition
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Exhibits

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  • The Roosevelt: A Model of Strength
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  • The Permanent Collection
  • This Extraordinary Paradise: Living in Northwest Greenland
Ancient Ice, Cool Science: Climate Change in the North
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Past Exhibits
  • Arctic Cinema: Early Film in the Far North
  • Them Days, A Magazine of Labrador History
  • Working Through the Ice: The Bowdoin and the Effie M. Morrissey
  • Four Years in the White North: Donald B. MacMillan's Crocker Land Lecture
  • In Cod We Trust: Labrador's Early Twentieth Century Cod Fishery
  • The Coldfront: Greenland and America in World War II
  • Freezing the Moment: Photographing the Arctic
  • Treasures and Trinkets: Collecting Culture in the North
  • Northern Mission: Sir Wilfred Grenfell in Labrador

The North Pole

Native Display

Robert E. Peary is best known for his expedition to the North Pole in 1908-09. In this exhibit visitors can follow the expedition from its departure to Pole, illustrated with objects from the expedition, including one of the original sledges.

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