Inuit building snow houses, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
A group of Inuit are building snow houses at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, October 27, 1900. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #83. Number 16 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate. Taken by Captain George Comer (1...
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
1900
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5443 |
| Summary: | A group of Inuit are building snow houses at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, October 27, 1900. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #83. Number 16 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate. 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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