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MacMillan Feeding his Dogs
20th century Greenland image
191420th century
4 x 3 1/4 x 1/4 in. (10 x 8 x 1 cm)
Scott and Van Altena (1904 - 1919)
Object Type:
image
Creation Places:
North America, Greenland, Northwest Greenland
Medium and Support:
silver gelatin, pigment on glass
Credit Line:
Gift of Donald and Miriam MacMillan
Accession Number:
3000.32.1113
Dogs were an integral part of the plan to reach the North Pole. Eight dogs pulled a sledge, and were fed one pound of pemmican each per day. As teams turned back, they took the weaker dogs with them, leaving the stronger ones to go on. Pemmican was dried and finely ground lean beef mixed with suet, raisins and a little sugar.
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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
- Dogs at Work in the North , 1/22/2019 - 4/21/2019
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3000.32.528
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