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MacMillan Arctic Expedition sails from Boston in 1919
The MacMillan Navy expedition ships from Boston to map unknown Arctic regions between the North Pole and Alaska using airplanes. Led by Donald MacMillan and supported by the National Geographic Society and the Navy, two Bowdoin and Peary vessels carry three planes, radio gear, and a 30-man team to Etah Greenland and Cape Hubbard for three months of aerial survey and scientific study.
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Preccy Washington
MacMillan Navy
Boston
North Pole
Alaska
Ellesmere Island
Grant Land
Baffin Island
Labrador
Weastern
Greenland
Far North
MacMillan
Donald B. MacMillan
National Geographic Society
Navy
Richard KE. Byrd
Winchester
Secretary of the Navy
Wiscasset
Sydney
N. 5
Etah
Cape Hubbard
Axel
Axel Heiberg
Cape Columbia
Grand Land
Haffin Island
Sir Martin Frobisher
Queen Elizabeth
Gothaab
Laborador
Arctic
Wilbur
Peary
Geographic Society
John Reinartz
South Manchester
Conn
E. F. McDonald
Chicago
Radio Broadcasters’ League of America
Walter Koelz
Benjamin H. Riggs
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Jacob J. Gaver
Maynard Owen Williams
George F. Steele
Roxbury
Mass
Bowdoin
Ralph Robinson
Merrimac
John Jaynes
Somerville
Byrd
M. A. Schur
Marshfield
Oregon
Earle PF. Reber
Nels FP. Sorenson
Andrew C. Nold
Washington, D. C
Floyd E. Bennett
Warrenburgh
N. C
Albert Francis
San Diego
Howdoin
Navy Department
Peary and
United States
Washington
Ottawa
North American
Arctic Circle