| Summary: | View of the whaling schooner Era in winter quarters, apparently surrounded by ice and snow, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, February 4, 1901. Several dogs are visible near the vessel. Furs, probably Arctic fox skins, are seen hanging in the rigging. Environment Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger.Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #134, #49. The number 49 is etched into lower right of emulsion on plate.The schooner Era was built in 1847 at Boston, Massachusetts. She was a New London whaling vessel until her last voyage out of that port in 1892; her masters included James Monroe Buddington, John O. Spicer, and George Comer. She was wrecked off Miquelon Island, July 27, 1906.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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