MacMillan [Ross Marvin] taking observation
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MacMillan [Ross Marvin] taking observation
Greenland image
1908-19094 x 3 1/4 x 1/4 in. (10 x 8 x 1 cm)
Donald Baxter MacMillan (Provincetown Mass., 11/10/1874 - 9/7/1970)
Object Type:
image
Creation Places:
North America, Greenland, Northwest Greenland
Medium and Support:
silver gelatin on glass
Credit Line:
Gift of Donald and Miriam MacMillan
Accession Number:
3000.32.1844_
Although marked "self" by MacMillan, Peary's book identified this as Ross Marvin taking a sextant observation behind a snow shelter, using an artificial horizon. HIs position calculation ws 85 degrees 48 minutes north latitude.
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This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
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