Men collecting water alongside a whaling schooner, Hudson Bay, Canada
View of four men apparently standing on ice alongside a whaling schooner in Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1905. The men are using a bucket to collect water. Scene is identified as probably depicting spring time conditions. Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original env...
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
1897
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5538 |
| Summary: | View of four men apparently standing on ice alongside a whaling schooner in Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1905. The men are using a bucket to collect water. Scene is identified as probably depicting spring time conditions. Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 126. 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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