| Summary: | A group of five Inuit stand in front of a loaded dogsled at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, December 5, 1900. Image is described as: "a party of Kenepetic [Qaernermiut] men who have been here to trade." Infrastructure Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo # 185, #27. The Inuit identified as Kenepitic, Kenepetu or Kenepitu were from the Chesterfield Inlet region; the modern designation for the group is Qaernermiut. 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.
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