Inuit outside snow houses, with dogs and sleds, Hudson Bay, Canada
View of Inuit outside snow houses in the Hudson Bay area of the Canadian Arctic, ca. 1907-1912. Dogs and sleds are also visible. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 133. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and...
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
1907
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5338 |
Summary: | View of Inuit outside snow houses in the Hudson Bay area of the Canadian Arctic, ca. 1907-1912. Dogs and sleds are also visible. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 133. 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. |
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