macmillan

8 photos and 1 illustration tagged macmillan, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

2013

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Tom Wigley said:
Wikipedia has this to say about the Crocker Land Expedition: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocker_Land_Expedition, which was led by Donald Macmillan: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Baxter_MacMillan
Rob Ketcherside said:
I love how the supplies were run down the dock on rail trucks. There's a delivery horse+buggy for Sozodont, a mouth wash. Wonder how long the members of the expedition were worried about their breath. The links @amphalon provided describe just how treachorous the trip was. They seem to have been a bit fanciful in their choice of supplies. Anyone know why the flag atop the center mast says "DIIN"?
Rob Ketcherside said:
Compare the photo to one taken of the construction of the Battleship New York. The building on the right of both photos is the same. I guess that in this photo, we are looking across at the construction site of the New York? (a year after the New York was completed)
Wystan said:
Flag atop the center mast says "Diana," the name of the ship.
Rob Ketcherside said:
Woops, you're right!

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Lisa Yarost said:
Donald Baxter MacMillan, 1874-1970 This photo was possibly taken right before he left for his 1913 Greenland exhibition, the first one that he led. How Stuff Works page - history.howstuffworks.com/polar-history/d-b-macmillan.htm From the thumbnail it looked a little like he was wearing a chicken suit.
Arden said:
klynslis: Thank you for your identification of the man in this photo as arctic explorer and scientist Donald Baxter MacMillan. We will update our source data with his full name and reload the description.
Wystan said:
LOC -- You have misspelled his name in your title.
Barbara (LOC P&P) said:
Wystan: Thanks - we'll be sure to fix the spelling when we update!
David Cory said:
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