George B. Leavitt
	
George Leavitt was the manager of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company's shore station at Point Barrow [Nuvuk] in 1889. He was the second mate of the //Mary D. Hume// on her 1891 voyage and master from 1893 to 1896 during which time the boat wintered at Herschel Island. In 1896/98 and 1897/98 he was the master of the //Newport.// Leavitt was master of the //Thrasher// in 1898, master of the //Grampus// on the voyage of 1899/1900 and master of the //Balena// during a voyage in 1901. The //Balena// was lost in a gale on June 7, 1901 on the south coast of St. Lawrence Island. Leavitt wintered the //Narwhal// at Herschel in 1902/03 and 1903/04 but was trapped by the ice at Baillie Islands in 1905/06 having intended to winter at Herschel. Leavitt wintered the //Narwhal// at Herschel in 1906/07 and in 1908 she was withdrawn from whaling.((John R. Bockstoce, //Steam Whaling in the Western Arctic.// New Bedford: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1977: 40, 77, 83, 94, 99, 101, 113-120.))