Inuit at fishing hole in ice (with stove), Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
Three Inuit men stand around a fishing hole in the ice at Hudson Bay, 1897-1912. They are using what is identified as apparently a kerosene heater obtained from the American whalers. Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #77. Ta...
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
1897
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5441 |
| Summary: | Three Inuit men stand around a fishing hole in the ice at Hudson Bay, 1897-1912. They are using what is identified as apparently a kerosene heater obtained from the American whalers. Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #77. 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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