Four whaleboats under sail, Hudson Bay, Canada

View of four whaleboats under sail, Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 149. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam. He went to sea while st...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
Subjects:
Whaling
Whaleboats
Boats and boating
Arctic
Bedford
Canada
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5379
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Summary:View of four whaleboats under sail, Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 149. 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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