Whaling schooner Era in winter quarters, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada

• Main Authors: Comer, George (Creator), Lockwood, F.C. (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
• Subjects: Whaling ships; Sailing ships; Ships; Igloos; Dogs; Era (Schooner); Arctic; Bedford; Brooklyn; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Lockwood; Monroe; New Bedford; The Schooner
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5485

View of the whaling schooner Era in winter quarters, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1905. Snow houses, dogs, and a single person can be seen in the foreground. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. 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. Slide prepared by F.C. Lockwood, 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.