Harbor of Etah, west coast of Greenland (Crocker Land Expedition base)

• Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1915
• Subjects: Scientific expeditions; Arctic; Bedford; Etah; Greenland; New Bedford; Peary
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5267

View of the harbor at Etah, Greenland, ca. 1915-1917, area of base for the Crocker Land Expedition. Environment Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger.American explorer Donald MacMillan led the Crocker Land Expedition, which was funded by the American Museum of Natural History (1913-1917). The purpose of the expedition was to find and explore what was thought to be an Arctic land mass identified and named by explorer Robert Peary. The expedition concluded that the ""land"" was a mirage.Probably 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, including the Crocker Land Expedition, and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment. Comer's original caption for this image identifies it as ""showing the water just outside the harbor at Etar [sic]""