The Michigan Expedition to North-West Greenland, 1932–33

Polar Record ◽  
1935 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
R. Belknap
Keyword(s):  
University Of Michigan ◽  
The South ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
North West ◽  
Base Camp ◽  
International Polar ◽  
Pan American ◽  
The University ◽  
Inland Ice

The University of Michigan Pan-American Airways Greenland Expedition had its base camp, known as Peary Lodge in memory of America's greatest Polar explorer, on the west.coast of Greenland in Lat. 74° 19′ N. The station was located at the base of the Upper Nugssuak Peninsula just 2 miles from the inland ice on the south-east and 3 miles from the ice on the east. This station was maintained for the period from August 1, 1932, through July, 1933. This year was the Second International Polar Year and the expedition was the American representative in Greenland.

University of St Andrews Greenland Expedition, 1978

Polar Record ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (122) ◽  
pp. 491-492
Author(s):  
John E. Gordon ◽  
John L. Thurman
Keyword(s):  
High Peak ◽  
The South ◽  
South Side ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Fishing Boat ◽  
Base Camp ◽  
June July ◽  
Bird Colonies ◽  
The University ◽  
Made In

The University of St Andrews Greenland Expedition spent late June, July and August 1978 at the head of Íkamiut kangerdluarssuat near Sukkertoppen, west Greenland. The expedition's aims were to climb previously unsealed or relatively unknown peaks, and carry out geomorphological and geological studies. Base camp was established at the still-frozen lake Taserssuaq on 28 June with the help of the crew of Daniel, a fishing boat chartered from Sukkertoppen. During the following weeks 13 first ascents and six second ascents were made in an area noted for its alpine peaks. The major achievement was a route on the 1 675 m north face of a peak on the south side of Taserssuaq; this climb took 40 hours. Other notable first ascents were Qáqarssuaralak (1 332 m), an 800 m high ice face on a peak flanking an icefield and, north of Taserssuaq, a 1600 m high peak was climbed by a steep ice route. A traverse, following several interlinking glaciers, was achieved from Taserssuaq to Evighedsfjord. Canoe journeys were made along Íkamiut kangerdluarssuat to the mountains and glaciers on its eastern and western shores, the deserted village of Ikamiut and the bird colonies of Sermilinguaq.

Qaanaaq 2001: mineral exploration reconnaissance in North-West Greenland

2002 ◽  
pp. 133-143
Author(s):  
Bjørn Thomassen ◽  
Peter R. Dawes ◽  
Agnete Steenfelt ◽  
Johan Ditlev Krebs
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Exploration ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Original Series ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
North West ◽  
Ice Caps ◽  
High Plateau ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Inland Ice

NOTE: This article was published in a former series of GEUS Bulletin. Please use the original series name when citing this article, for example: Thomassen, B., Dawes, P. R., Steenfelt, A., & Krebs, J. D. (2002). Qaanaaq 2001: mineral exploration reconnaissance in North-West Greenland. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 191, 133-143. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v191.5141 _______________ Project Qaanaaq 2001, involving one season’s field work, was set up to investigate the mineral occurrences and potential of North-West Greenland between Olrik Fjord and Kap Alexander (77°10´N – 78°10´N; Fig. 1). Organised by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) and the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP), Government of Greenland, the project is mainly funded by the latter and has the overall goal of attracting the interest of the mining industry to the region. The investigated region – herein referred to as the Qaanaaq region – comprises 4300 km2 of ice-free land centred on Qaanaaq, the administrative capital of Qaanaap (Thule) municipality. Much of the region is characterised by a 500–800 m high plateau capped by local ice caps and intersected by fjords and glaciers. High dissected terrain occurs in Northumberland Ø and in the hinterland of Prudhoe Land where nunataks are common along the margin of the Inland Ice.

I. Giants' Hills 2 Long Barrow, Skendleby, Lincolnshire

Archaeologia ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 1-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. Evans ◽  
D. D. A. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Location ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
The South ◽  
Rescue Operation ◽  
Maximum Slope ◽  
Burial Practices ◽  
North West ◽  
Geographical Scale ◽  
The University ◽  
Southern Extremity

The Neolithic long barrow whose excavation is described in this report is one of a pair known as Giants' Hills, situated in the parish of Skendleby, Lincolnshire (NGR: TF(53)429709; Lat. 53° 12′ 40″ N., Long. 0° 8′ 30″ E.). The general geographical location is an outlier of the chalk at the southern extremity of the Lincolnshire Wolds (fig. 1). The site lay at between 56 and 58m O.D. along the gentle south-facing slope of a small river valley (fig. 2). The maximum slope is 7 degrees. Orientation was approximately south-east/north-west with what can be considered the more important end of the barrow (the front) towards the south-east. The dimensions of the preserved mound were 65 × 13m (maximum) (originally 77 × 19m), and of the entire site from the original outer edges of the ditch, 89 × 29m (maximum).The other barrow of the pair, Giants' Hills 1, was excavated by C. W. Phillips (1936). To the south-east beyond a low chalk ridge and in a topographical position similar to that of the Giants' Hills barrows lies another pair of long barrows, the Deadmen's Graves (fig. 2). On a broader geographical scale, both pairs belong to a group of about fifteen long barrows situated on the Lincolnshire Wolds (fig. 1).Excavation took place under the direction of the authors at the instigation of the Department of the Environment (now the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) because of damage sustained by ploughing. As well as being a rescue operation, the work can be seen as an integral part of research into prehistoric chalkland environments and Neolithic burial practices. Thus, financial support was provided not only by the DoE, but also by University College Cardiff and the University of Leicester. There were three field seasons. In the first two, from 4–28 September 1975 and 27 March to 10 April 1976, the western end of the site (west of line AL, fig. 4) was excavated totally. The main excavation took place between 14 August and 25 September 1976.

scholarly journals Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, C. B. E., 17 April 1899 - 12 February 1994

1996 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 541-553 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
General Practitioner ◽  
Early Death ◽  
The South ◽  
North West ◽  
South West ◽  
Scale Models ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester ◽  
Artistic Talent

On 17 April 1899, in Kirkham, Lancashire, Vincent Brian Wigglesworth was born into a talented and idiosyncratic Victorian family with roots going back to the hamlet of Wigglesworth in the south-west comer of Yorkshire. He was the son of Sydney Wigglesworth, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Captain R.A.M.C., and Margaret Emmeline (née Pierce). Sydney Wigglesworth was a general practitioner but also an amateur mechanic and inventor who had studied engineering at Owens College (later the University of Manchester) before changing to medicine. He made scale models of locomotives and was a passionate pioneer motorist. Margaret Pierce came from a well-to-do family of London solicitors originating from Devon yeoman stock with business and nautical interests (Pierce Sound in North West Canada is named after an eighteenth-century ancestor). As an amateur painter trained at South Kensington she developed a great eye for colour. It was the kind of family that produced many famous Englishmen, artists as well as scientists. V.B.W.’s scientific illustrations show that he inherited his mothers artistic talent. His elder brother’s career as a landscape painter was cut short by his early death in 1936.

Zoological observations, Royal Bay, South Georgia 1882–1883. Part 1

Polar Record ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 22 (136) ◽  
pp. 57-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl von den Steinen ◽  
William Barr
Keyword(s):  
Support Group ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
The Other ◽  
The South ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
Major Task ◽  
South Georgia ◽  
International Polar

As part of its commitment to the programme of the First International Polar Year (1882–83) the Deutsche Polarkomission dispatched an expedition to South Georgia (Schrader 1891; Baker 1982). The team consisted of seven scientists and observers, led by Dr K. Schrader and accompanied by a support group of four men. As with the other 13 expeditions of the International Polar Year, the major emphases were on studies of meteorology, magnetism and aurora, although the South Georgia station also had a secondary major task, that of observing the transit of Venus. Fortunately the Deutsche Polarkomission had the foresight to include a trained zoologist on the expedition, in the person of the medical officer, Dr Karl von den Steinen.

Tsunami-generating rock fall and landslide on the south coast of Nuussuaq, central West Greenland

2002 ◽  
pp. 73-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stig A. Schack Pedersen ◽  
Lotte Melchior Larsen ◽  
Trine Dahl-Jensen ◽  
Hans F. Jepsen ◽  
Gunver Krarup Pedersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
South Coast ◽  
Rock Fall ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
The South ◽  
Marked Contrast ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
North West ◽  
Mining Town ◽  
The Village

NOTE: This article was published in a former series of GEUS Bulletin. Please use the original series name when citing this article, for example: Schack Pedersen, S. A., Melchior Larsen, L., Dahl-Jensen, T., Jepsen, H. F., Krarup Pedersen, G., Nielsen, T., Pedersen, A. K., von Platen-Hallermund, F., & Weng, W. (1). Tsunami-generating rock fall and landslide on the south coast of Nuussuaq, central West Greenland. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 191, 73-93. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v191.5131 _______________ During the afternoon of 21 November 2000 the village of Saqqaq in central West Greenland was hit by a series of giant waves. Ten small boats were destroyed, but luckily neither humans nor dogs were killed. The following day a police inspection by helicopter revealed that the giant waves were caused by a major landslide at Paatuut, c. 40 km north-west of Saqqaq on the south coast of Nuussuaq (Figs 1, 2). The landslide deposits were dark grey-brown in colour, in marked contrast to the snow-covered slopes, and protruded as a lobe into the Vaigat strait. Along the adjacent coastlines the snow had been washed off up to altitudes about 50 m a.s.l. and severe damage had been caused at the abandoned coal-mining town Qullissat on the opposite side of Vaigat.

scholarly journals The International Polar Year 2007-08 and the development of portuguese research on Antarctic permafrost

Finisterra ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (87) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonçalo Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Critical Mass ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
International Polar ◽  
The University

portuguese Antarctic permafrost research has developed fast in the last decade. The research was initiated by the centre for Geographical Studies of the university of lisbon in the framework of a collaboration with the university of Alcalá (Spain) and the Spanish Antarctic programme in 1999. In 2007 and 2008, collaborations have extended, respectively to the bulgarian and Argentinean programmes. The critical mass has grown substantially since then and other institutions are now also involved on the research activities. The development of scientific activities was fostered by the International polar year 2007-08 and supported by funding from public and private institutions. A wide-scope education and outreach project has significantly contributed to the public and political awareness of the science programme, and a close interaction between scientists and society has developed. The main research topics are permafrost, active layer and geomorphological processes monitoring, with an emphasis on detection of climate change signals.

scholarly journals An investigation of the igneous rocks on Hareøen and western Nûgssuaq, West Greenland

1971 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 11-13
Author(s):  
N Hald
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Igneous Rocks ◽  
South Coast ◽  
The South ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
North West ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Basaltic Lavas

Hareøen is an island north-west of Disko in western Greenland. It has the form of a plateau, whose highest point - 512 metres - is found near the south coast. Like the neighbouring parts of Nugssuaq and Disko, Hareøen consists chiefly of Tertiary basaltic lavas. The island first attracted attention on account of the presence of interbasaltic, coal-bearing sediments on the north-east coast. These were already examined by Giesecke in 1811 (Giesecke, 1910) and later among others by Steenstrup (1874) and B.E. Koch (1959). A petrographie investigation of the basalts was first undertaken by Holmes (1919), who described loose fragments rich in K2O. Lavas from the south coast, colleeted and analysed by Pedersen (1970), also have a high content of potash. V. Miinther in the years 1948-49 untertook geological mapping of the island, on which the present investigation is supported (Miinther, in press).

scholarly journals Portuguese Polar Program Annual Report 2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Teresa Cabrita ◽  
Ana David ◽  
Gonçalo Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Outreach Program ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Polar Science ◽  
International Polar ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
The University ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Science And Research

The Portuguese Polar Program - PROPOLAR is funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia ( based at Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território ( of the University of Lisbon ( The coordination of PROPOLAR is led by the Centro de Estudos Geográficos from Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território University of Lisbon (CEG/IGOT ULISBOA), under a Coordinating Committee that includes members from 4 other research centres, namely the Centro de Ciências do Mar University of Algarve (CCMAR UALG), the Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente University of Coimbra (MARE UC), the Centro de Química Estrutural from Instituto Superior Técnico University of Lisboa (CQE/IST ULISBOA), and the Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental University of Oporto (CIIMAR U PORTO) Gonçalo Vieira (CEG/IGOT ULISBOA) is the Head of the program The remarkable effort and commitment of the Portuguese Polar scientists, within the framework of the International Polar Year ( 2007 08 were key to promote awareness of the importance of Polar science and research for Portugal A strategic plan encompassing three main objectives was then set out to i creating a Portuguese Polar Program focused on polar research and innovation and supporting the young generation of Polar scientists,scientists,( signing the Antarctic Treaty, and ( implementing a national Polar education and outreach program With the support of the FCT, PROPOLAR started in 2007 Portugal ratified the Antarctic Treaty in 2010 and the Madrid Protocol in 2014 and has established liaisons with major international Polar scientific and management organisations and networks PROPOLAR in close connection with the FCT, has ensured consolidation and sustainability of the development of Portuguese Polar science

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