Whaling schooner A.T. Gifford frozen in ice, Hudson Bay, Canada

• Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1907
• Subjects: Whaling ships; Schooners; Ships; A.T. Gifford (Schooner); Arctic; Bedford; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; New Bedford; The Schooner
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5345

Starboard view of the whaling schooner A.T. Gifford frozen in ice, Hudson Bay, ca. 1907-1912. The deckhouse built on the after part of the vessel is visible to the left. Environment Infrastructure Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 148. 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.