Inuit traveling with dog sledge, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada

View of a group of Inuit traveling over ice with a heavily loaded dog sledge, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Lifestyle 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Comer, George (Creator), American Museum of Natural History (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
Subjects:
Inuit
Dogs
Dogsledding
Sleds
Arctic
Bedford
Canada
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
inuit
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5329
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Summary:View of a group of Inuit traveling over ice with a heavily loaded dog sledge, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Lifestyle 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. Slide prepared by the American Museum of Natural History from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. Slide was used by Comer to illustrate lectures about his Arctic and seafaring experiences.

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