COASTAL JOURNAL • June 28, 2023
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College opened the doors to its bright new home at the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies this spring. Students who study through the Arctic program today sometimes get the opportunity to travel to Greenland for research. “The reality is that the environment is changing and one of the best records of climate change has been collected from the Greenland ice cap,” said Susan Kaplan, the museum’s director. One exhibit is a display about smart ice technology, developed by Inuit communities, who rely heavily on stable and secure ice sheets to navigate their landscape. The smart ice technology incorporates a combination of GPS and on-the-ice know-how from those who regularly experience the ice conditions. The museum is free and open to the public, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.