Whaleboats towing whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada

• Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1907
• Subjects: Whaling ships; Schooners; Ships; Whaling; Whaleboats; Boats and boating; A.T. Gifford (Schooner); Arctic; Bedford; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; New Bedford; The Schooner
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5337

View of whaleboats towing the whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, ca. 1907-1912. The schooner's bowsprit is visible in the left foreground. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 144. The schooner A.T. Gifford was built in 1883 at Essex, Massachusetts. George Comer was her master during one of his Arctic voyages in which he mapped areas in the Hudson Bay area. 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.