Private journal of George Comer while on the Relief Schooner George B. Cluett for the Crocker Land Expedition party at Etah, North Greenland, 1915-17. 1916-1917.
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Comer, George
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Whaling and sealing master and U.S. naval officer, of East Haddam, Conn.; operated primarily out of New Bedford, Mass., and New London, Conn., sailing vessels to the Antarctic and Arctic regions (ca. 1875-1919); in addition to normal activities as shipmaster, recorded notes on Eskimo life, took photographs, and collected artifacts which he then contributed to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. From the description of George Comer collection, 1883-1938. (Mystic S...
Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917)
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The purpose of the expedition, led by Donald B. MacMillan, was to explore the supposed land northwest of Grant Land, named Crocker Land. From the description of Arctic field photographs, 1913-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155515582 The purpose of the Crocker Land Expedition was to explore the land mass in the Arctic northwest of Grant Land that was observed by Admiral Peary in 1906. The expedition was organized in cooperation with the American Geographical Society and...
