Inuit on board whaleboat, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada

• Main Authors: Comer, George (Creator), American Museum of Natural History (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
• Subjects: Whaling; Whaleboats; Boats and boating; Inuit; Arctic; Bedford; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; New Bedford; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5529

Port view of a whaleboat with more than twenty Inuit on board, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada, ca. 1897-1912. What appear to be floating ice and a coastline can be seen in the background. Lifestyle Livelihood Infrastructure 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 the American Museum of Natural History from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. Slide was used by Comer to illustrate lectures about his Arctic and seafaring experiences.