inSightS 120 P r t L a n d montHL maga ine from Left: tom stewart 2 fiLe PHoto 2 eBa . sources: mma, wiKiPedia Bowdoin at 100 y C Lin Sargent maines ioneering arctic e lorer kickstarted cro d unding be ore it as cool. Kickstarting was first conducted on April 28, 2009, according to Wikipedia. But the Schooner Bowdoin was created through crowd funding that began in 1918. Responding to a slick marketing illustration that showed what the arctic schooner might look like amid the icebergs once she was launched, three hundred fifty benefactors each paid $100 to drum up the $35,000 needed to construct this legend- ary vessel. If only one of these original marketing “brochures” still exist- ed. Since this is the Authentic Maine issue, we’ve taken the trou- ble to discover what may be the last of the brochures from a pri- vate collection. Signed by Admiral Donald B. MacMillan himself, the back of the heavy cardboard reads: Auxiliary Arctic Schooner Bowdoin To be built for the MacMillan Arctic Association at East Boothbay, Maine, in May-July, 1920. (Signed) D. B. MacMillan Rescued from neglect, Bowdoin is now the pride of Maine Maritime Academy. Bowdoin was declared the official sailing vessel of the state of Maine in 1986. In 1989 Bowdoin was designated a Nation- al Historic Landmark in recognition for her significant role in Arctic exploration. ■ vitaL StatiStiCS L : 88 eet n a : william H. Hand S : Hodgdon Brothers, east Boothbay, maine f a C : august 23, 1921 S 10 knots v a 28 C Bowdoin served 27 months as a navy shi in world war ii. she as decommissioned on may 16, 1944. she as ac uired by maine maritime academy in 1988.