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Looking west from Lindeman Fjord Trapper's hut to Porten Cliff-fall and A.P. Olsen Land, July 02.


Accession no.:	Y: 2012/20/132
Object name:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Title:	Looking west from Lindeman Fjord Trapper's hut to Porten Cliff-fall and A.P. Olsen Land, July 02.
Description:	This sketch was drawn in the ruined trapper's hut, Svendsby. Because of light rain, even the roof leaked, and the artist had to cover the roof with his Gortex cagoule to prevent raindrops coming on to the ingres paper. While returning to the base camp he saw five members of the expedition reurning from their depot laying trip to the subsidiary camp which Kathleen Cartwright and Robert Burton, the leaders of the Lindeman Fjord Expedition, proposed to set up.
Medium:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Artist:	Woolmore, Ray
Note:	View west from Svendsby (Hut 458 -1 Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen). Lat. 74°38'N, long. 20°52'W. (Danmark-Gronland 1:250,000 Sheet 74 Ø.2 Clavering Ø.)
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 220mm, height: 152mm mount: Dimensions: ?

Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection