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 w...