Inuit man (Ippaktuq Tasseok) signalling, Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1902
• Subjects: Iglulik Eskimos; Inuit; Arctic; Bedford; Hudson; Hudson Bay; New Bedford; Repulse Bay; Aivilik; eskimo*; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5445

An Inuit man identified as ""Harry"" [Ippaktuq Tasseok] stands outside at Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, January 13, 1902. He is leaning to the right with his right arm oustretched in an action described as ""showing way of a native signaling others to come.temperature 36 below."" Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 70, #85. Number 85 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate. Harry is referred to in the North as Comer's [Captain George Comer) ""mate,"" and was the leader of a group of Iglulik Inuit known as the Aivilik or Aivillingmiut. These Inuit of the west coast region of Hudson Bay were closely associated with 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.