Sod and whale bone dwelling, Southampton Island, Hudson Bay, Canada

• Main Authors: Comer, George (Creator), Lockwood, F.C. (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1905
• Subjects: Whaling; Dwellings; Arctic; Bedford; Brooklyn; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Lockwood; New Bedford; Southampton Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5483

View of a dwelling constructed of sod and whale jaw bones, Southampton Island, Hudson Bay, Canada, June 1905. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. 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. Slide prepared by F.C. Lockwood of Brooklyn, New York, from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. Slide was used by Comer to illustrate lectures about his Arctic and seafaring experiences.