"Features of Far North Life Pictured by the Bartlett-Academy of Natural Sciences Greenland Expedition"

"In addition to collecting natural history specimens for the Academy, the expedition, in command of Captain Robert Bartlett, skipper of Admiral Peary's Roosevelt, made a study of the Eskimos of Clavering Island. An Eskimo house on the island is shown after being uncovered by the expedition...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Philadelphia Evening Bulletin 1930
Subjects:
Museums
Natural history
Expedition
Ships
Greenland
Research
Research vessels
Specimens
Indigenous peoples
Houses and homes
Archaeology
Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia
Pa.)
Bartlett
Bob
1875-1946
Peary
Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
1856-1920
Whitney
Harry
1873-1936
Arctic
Clavering Island
eskimo*
Online Access:http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15037coll3/id/62823
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Summary:"In addition to collecting natural history specimens for the Academy, the expedition, in command of Captain Robert Bartlett, skipper of Admiral Peary's Roosevelt, made a study of the Eskimos of Clavering Island. An Eskimo house on the island is shown after being uncovered by the expedition. Mr. Whitney also was with Admiral Peary in the Arctic." With clipping

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