Crocker Land Expedition base, Etah, west coast of Greenland
View of "Borup Lodge" at Etah, Greenland. This was the base of operations for the Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1917, organized by the American Museum of Natural History. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. American explorer Donald MacMillan led the Crocker Land Expeditio...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5484 2023-05-15T14:55:02+02:00 Crocker Land Expedition base, Etah, west coast of Greenland Comer, George (Creator) American Museum of Natural History (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1913 - 1917 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5484 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5484 Accession number: 1966.339.27 local: ms_m177599.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5484 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Scientific expeditions StillImage photographs 1913 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:10:04Z View of "Borup Lodge" at Etah, Greenland. This was the base of operations for the Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1917, organized by the American Museum of Natural History. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. American explorer Donald MacMillan led the Crocker Land Expedition, which was funded by the American Museum of Natural History (1913-1917). The purpose of the expedition was to find and explore what was thought to be an Arctic land mass identified and named by explorer Robert Peary. The expedition concluded that the "land" was a mirage. 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 the American Museum of Natural History, New York, possibly from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. Still Image Arctic Greenland Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Etah ENVELOPE(-72.585,-72.585,78.314,78.314) Greenland New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) Peary ENVELOPE(-63.867,-63.867,-65.250,-65.250) |
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View of "Borup Lodge" at Etah, Greenland. This was the base of operations for the Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1917, organized by the American Museum of Natural History. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. American explorer Donald MacMillan led the Crocker Land Expedition, which was funded by the American Museum of Natural History (1913-1917). The purpose of the expedition was to find and explore what was thought to be an Arctic land mass identified and named by explorer Robert Peary. The expedition concluded that the "land" was a mirage. 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 the American Museum of Natural History, New York, possibly from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. |
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Comer, George (Creator) American Museum of Natural History (Creator) |
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Comer, George (Creator) American Museum of Natural History (Creator) |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Crocker Land Expedition base, Etah, west coast of Greenland |
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Crocker Land Expedition base, Etah, west coast of Greenland |
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Crocker Land Expedition base, Etah, west coast of Greenland |
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Crocker Land Expedition base, Etah, west coast of Greenland |
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Crocker Land Expedition base, Etah, west coast of Greenland |
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crocker land expedition base, etah, west coast of greenland |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1913 |
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East Haddam (Conn.) |
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ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) ENVELOPE(-72.585,-72.585,78.314,78.314) ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) ENVELOPE(-63.867,-63.867,-65.250,-65.250) |
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Arctic Bedford Etah Greenland New Bedford Peary |
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Arctic Bedford Etah Greenland New Bedford Peary |
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Arctic Greenland |
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Arctic Greenland |
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Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5484 Accession number: 1966.339.27 local: ms_m177599.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5484 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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