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The Schooner Bowdoin was purchased by U.S. Navy from Donald MacMillan in 1941. Commissioned as the USS Bowdoin, she was used in Greenland during WWII. She was one of a few sail powered vessels used by the Navy. #SchoonerBowdoin #ArchivesHastagParty #ArchivesSalute

Two Inuit women stand beside a fire boiling halibut, a fish commonly found in the Arctic. As wood is hard to come by in the higher regions of the Arctic, a combination of willow and heather is often used to start a fire. #Bowdoin #Arctic #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesCampfire

With the Olympics around the corner, we are going for gold this month! This gold medal was given to Donald MacMillan by the Explorers Club in 1952 for his significant explorations in Greenland and the Polar Sea. #Bowdoin #Arctic #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesGoForGold

Sled dogs were common on Arctic expeditions and sometimes they became more like family. Donald MacMillan became especially fond of one dog named Kahda. Here they are pictured together on the Schooner Bowdoin in 1939. #Bowdoin #Arctic #museum #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesPets

Alaskan Yo-yo is a game of skill where the goal is to get the two weighted balls to spin in opposite directions. The balls were often made of sealskin and attached together with sinew. #Bowdoin #Arctic #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesGames #Inuit

An eclipse-related road trip is the perfect time to listen about the race to reach the North Pole, with Genevieve LeMoine of @arcticmuseum podbean.com/eas/pb-8xrpd-1…

Inaluk is showing her daughter, Mikivssuk, how a stone fox trap works. She is passing on ecological and biological knowledge of trapping foxes. Photo taken by Donald MacMillan in 1916 in Etah, Greenland. #Bowdoin #Arctic #museum #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesWomenInStem

Time to read! Two Inuit children, Sheojuk and Tarkto, sit next to a box of books that were given to them by the crew of the Schooner Bowdoin. The Schooner is in the background. Photo taken by Donald MacMillan ca. 1921. #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesGiftExchange

This family welcomed Donald MacMillan to the Arctic and taught him valuable skills for survival. Pictured from left are: Benigne, Tukummeq with Mikivsuk, Eqariusaq, Soqqaq, and Inukitsoq. This photo was taken by MacMillan in 1925. #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesFamilyPhotos

This flag was made and used by Donald B. MacMillan. In a letter found with the flag, MacMillan wrote about the significance of the flag, “…for the purposes and ideals of one of the best of all colleges little Bowdoin.” #ArchivesU #ArchivesHashtagParty

Community is very important in the Arctic. Everyone works together to help sustain a village. Larger animals like narwhals require many people to kill, haul the animal ashore and then prep it for food and tools. #Bowdoin #museum #arctic #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesCommunity

Science in the Arctic is far from easy. In 1958, ice pedestals were formed beneath trailers on Ice Island T-3, a scientific research station on an ice island in the Arctic Ocean, due to extreme melting. Photograph by Stanley Needleman #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesScience

No vacation is complete without a refreshing dip in the ocean! Even in the Arctic, these people are enjoying some time off diving into the Greenlandic waters in the summer of 1950 #archiveshashtagparty #archivesvacay Photo by Donald MacMillan

These men are hauling dredge from underneath the Karluk. The sea floor was dredged to collect specimens in the sediment. Soon this very ship would be on the sea floor as it was crushed by ice and sank in January 1914. #bowdoin #arctic #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesUnderTheSea

Ole and Inatdliaq, cousins, are pictured here with their families in Greenland in 1924. Their parents worked for Donald MacMillan. In 1999, they were able to view the photographs MacMillan had taken of them as babies. #bowdoin #museum #ArchivesBabies #ArchivesHashtagParty

Millions of little auks live in and among the rocky cliffs of Greenland. The sound of them all flying around is like a jet taking off. This photo taken by Donald MacMillan ca. 1915 shows auks in flight. #bowdoin #museum #arctic #auks #ArchivesForTheBirds #ArchivesHashtagParty

Wonderful to be able to host this group! U.S.-Greenland Joint Committee Statement, October 18, 2022 dk.usembassy.gov/u-s-greenland-…

By 1964, 75 per cent of Inuit children were attending Residential Schools, some as young as four or five. Inuit feel an urgency to restore what was taken from us. On Sept. 30, honour survivors and take time to learn their stories. #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation

A wonderful look at Ruben Komangapik's work and the thought that went into creating these awards.