Tryworks on board whaling schooner Era, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1901
• Subjects: Whaling; Whaling ships; Schooners; Sailing ships; Ships; Era (Schooner); Arctic; Bedford; Hudson; Hudson Bay; New Bedford
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5539

Deck view of the whaling schooner Era, showing tryworks (or try works) on board the vessel, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, 1901. Barrels and rigging can be seen in the foreground. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 92. Number 12 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate. Whale blubber was melted down into oil by means of the tryworks. 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.