Inuit, bundled furs and gear on deck of whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada

• Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1907
• Subjects: Inuit; Whaling ships; Schooners; Ships; A.T. Gifford (Schooner); Arctic; Bedford; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; New Bedford; The Schooner; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5549

View of Inuit on the deck of the whaling schooner A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada, 1907-1912. Bundled furs, gear, boats and rigging are also visible. Water and a shore can be seen in the background. Infrastructure Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo # 120. The schooner A.T. Gifford was built in 1883 at Essex, Massachusetts. George Comer was her master during one of his Arctic voyages in which he mapped areas in the Hudson Bay area. 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.