Journals, 1875-1916.

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Journals, 1875-1916.

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Comer's journals describe his journeys on board ship. One journal relates his first experience at sea to the Greenland whaling grounds, 1875-1876. Other journals written during his whaling to Hudson Bay and collecting expeditions principally describe conditions at sea but also include his impressions and observations of the Eskimo, 1879-1912. His journal as a member of the rescue party of the Crocker Land Expedition to the Arctic include his experiences while in the North and his excavations of Eskimo house ruins and a midden, 1915-1916.

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Comer, George N. (George Nixon), -1877

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Ship's captain. Comer was captain of a whaling ship and collector of ethnographic artifacts of Hudson Bay Eskimos for the American Museum of Natural History. He lived from 1858 to 1937. From the description of Journals, 1875-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511614 ...

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...