Maps and Exploration

Donald Baxter MacMillan

Donald Baxter MacMillan (November 10, 1874 – September 7, 1970) was an American explorer, sailor, researcher and lecturer who made over 30 expeditions to the Arctic from 1908 until 1957 during his 46-year career. He pioneered the use of radios, airplanes, and electricity in the Arctic and put together a dictionary of the Inuktitut language. His expeditions produced Inuit films, photographs of Arctic scenes, and audio recordings of Inuit languages, thousands of which were taken by American sailor Miriam MacMillan. In 1921, he commissioned the schooner Bowdoin, which sailed to the Arctic two dozen times.

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• ▸Construction of the World Trade Center
• ▸Island arc
• ▸Ark Encounter

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