Inuit with sleds and equipment, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
• Subjects: Inuit; Sleds; Whaling; Arctic; Bedford; Cape Fullerton; Hudson; Hudson Bay; New Bedford; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5180

A number of Inuit are engaged in activity with sleds and equipment at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay ca. 1897-1912. Typewritten caption on rear identifies this as """"Loading and moving to another location in the spring. Having been near the vessel during the winter. Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay."""" Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam. He went to sea while still in his teens and was later master of vessels from both New London and New Bedford. Comer participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment.