New Britain herald., 1925-07-07
MACM|LLAN ONCE
 FR0zE HIS FEET
Suffered While on Dash With :. Admiral Pealy

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 Whsp Pssr7 discovered the pole, | MaoMillAn wss laft behind on the final dash because his feet were frozen and the warmth from Peary's naked 3hsst had failed to aid in thaw1ns them MscMillan had neg iectsd to nns his boots with grass. On two nights. Peary opened his garmens and slept with MacMillan's feet on his chest. But it was Of no avail. Peary then took with him a negro. Matt Henson. who was a man described as Of physical per- lection and of an exceptional ability in relations with the Eskimos. Peary to this day ia the only white man 10 have visited the pole.
 MacMillan became lieutenant commander In the U. S. naval re- serve on last February [. shortly after becoming 51 years of age. He was born the son Of sea captain. in Provtncetown, Mass. He later became an orphan and was reared by a strange family. He was gradu- ated at Bowdon in 1898 with the degree of bachelor Of arts. Much of his revenue came from employ ment In summer hotels, doing every sort Of job.
 After the memorable trip with Peary in 1o0S-09. MacMilan made a second trip to northern Labrador in 1910. to which he again returned In 1911 and 1912. Bowdoin college in 1910 honored him with a degree of Master of Arts. In 1913, he headed the Crocker Land expedi- ton, intending to be in the Arctic one year. He returned four years later. It was on this expedition that he proved his gcneralship as an Arctic explorer when short Of pro- visions,he fed his men for nearly three years on the food of the Es- kimo and brought his men out in better condition than when they started.
 Bowdoin college tcriered Mac Milan the degree of Doctor of Science in 1918. He headed the Hudson Bay expedition in 1920, the Bafin land expedition In 1921 and 1922 and the North Greenland ex- petition during 1923 and 1924.
 His present expedition, the most elaboratelv planned Of them all will return to civilization somewhere around October 1, If these plans aru