Three-year expedition to East Greenland

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Explored area, King Christian X Land.
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Norwegian-occupied Eirik Raudes Land

The Three-year Expedition (Danish : Treårsekspeditionen) was an exploratory expedition to East Greenland that lasted from 1931 to 1934 financed by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish state. The expedition included aerial surveys. [1]

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Many geographic features in East Greenland were mapped and named during the expedition. Eskimonaes station was used as a wintering base by the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland. [2]

History

The expedition was led by Lauge Koch. The other participants were Danish and Swedish geographers, geologists, archaeologists, zoologists and botanists: Paul Gelting, Gunnar Seidenfaden, Thorvald Sørensen, Steen Hasselbach, Helge G. Backlund, Gunnar Thorson, Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh, Helge Larsen, Thyge Johansen, L. Bruhn, H. Heinrich Nielsen and N. V. Petersen. The expedition vessels were Godthaab and Gustav Holm. [3] The engagement of the Danish state had political connotations, because of the ongoing dispute between Denmark and Norway over East Greenland.

The Elephant Foot Glacier, first mapped by the Three-year Expedition 1024 Nordpolausflug- Nordostgronland-05052012182.jpg
The Elephant Foot Glacier, first mapped by the Three-year Expedition

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References

  1. Ole Ventegodt. "Treårsekspeditionen". Den Store Danske, Gyldendal. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. Koch, Lauge (1933) The Danish Three-Year Expedition to King Christian X Land. Geographical Review 23 (4): 599-607. Full text