Inuit summer tents, Hudson Bay, Canada

View of Inuit summer (probably skin) tents, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Also visible is meat drying on racks. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 119. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5453
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Summary:View of Inuit summer (probably skin) tents, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Also visible is meat drying on racks. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 119. 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.