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Inuit grave, west coast of Hudson Bay or Southampton Island, Canada.
- Source :
- Mystic Seaport
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- View of a rockpile identified as an Inuit grave, west coast of Hudson Bay or Southampton Island, Canada.
Details
- Database :
- OAIster
- Journal :
- Mystic Seaport
- Notes :
- Title supplied by cataloger., Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam, Connecticut. He went to sea while still in his teens and was later master of vessels from both New London, Connecticut and New Bedford, Massachusetts. Comer participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment., Lantern slide prepared by F.C. Lockwood of Brooklyn, New York, from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. Slide was used by Comer to illustrate lectures about his Arctic and seafaring experiences., Comer Collection.
- Accession number :
- edsoai.ocm85903885