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Myggbukta Hut, Mackenzie Bay, North-East Greenland, August 2001.


Accession no.:	Y: 2012/20/122
Object name:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Title:	Myggbukta Hut, Mackenzie Bay, North-East Greenland, August 2001.
Description:	This sketch shows the elaborate features and size of the Trappers' Station built by the Norwegian, Johan A. Olsen in 1922, and how well it has been renovated by Nanok. The Arcturus Myggbukta Expedition, led by Kathleen and Neville Cartwright, used the Station for cooking and meals (with the prior permission of Nanok and the Danish Sirius Patrol) and slept in tents on the flat musk-ox pasturelands to the north of the Station.
Medium:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Artist:	Woolmore, Ray
Note:	Northern corner of Mackenzie Bay. Lat. 73°29'N, long. 21°34'W. (Danmark-Gronland 1:250,000 Sheet 73Ø.1 Hold with Hope.)
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 229mm, height: 152mm mount: Dimensions: ?

Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection