[Guadeloupe, Saint Vincent, 'Cluett' Voyage] 1915-1916
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She is a three-masted schooner of graceful lines, one hundred thirty five long over all and one hundred fifty five tons register. Her equip- ment includes a seventy-five horse power Wolverine gasoline-kerosene engine as auxiliary. [H.C.P.F. p. 4] The Museum sent the writer on the vessel as its representative for a skipper, the voyage and provided Captain George Corner whose long experience has as master of whaling ships in- cluded twelve winters in the ice of the northern part of Hudson Bay delayed by adverse winds and other circumstances, the 'George B. Clu- ett' did not reach Sydney, N.S., until Friday, 16 July. There some supplies forwarded by the Museum and procured at Sydney to be landed at Etah in order to en-