Inuit group in snow house, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
• Subjects: Iglulik Eskimos; Inuit; Inuit children; Children; Igloos; Dwellings; Arctic; Bedford; Hudson; Hudson Bay; New Bedford; Aivilik; eskimo*; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5435

A group of Aivilik Inuit, including at least one child, sit inside a snow house at Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1905. Buckets, clock, and other trade goods are also visible. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Number 41 is etched into emulsion on plate. The Aivilik (or Aivillingmiut) are a group of Iglulik Inuit. These Inuit of the west coast region of Hudson Bay were closely associated with Captain George Comer and the American whalers for many years. 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.