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Krumme LangsØ and the distant ice-cap, looking west from near sirius Hut, N.E. Greenland, July 04.


Accession no.:	Y: 2012/20/150
Object name:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Title:	Krumme LangsØ and the distant ice-cap, looking west from near sirius Hut, N.E. Greenland, July 04.
Description:	The artist's viewpoint was on a low rocky hill just above the SØdal Base Camp set up by Robert Burton and Kathleen Cartwright, the leaders of the 2004 Arcturus Expedition to Krumme LangsØ. Their arrival had been delayed a day by fog at Mestersvig, and with the arrival of the second plane (the artist was in the first Twin Otter) he felt relaxed enough to complete his first sketch.
Medium:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Artist:	Woolmore, Ray
Note:	Krumme LangsØ Base Camp by the Sirius Hut, on the northern shore of Krumme langsØ at the SØdal delta. Eskimonaes Sirius Station (No. 405 in Peter Schmidt-Mikkelson 1994) built adjacent to the site of the Fangst Station (1931) burnt down by the Germans in 1943. Lat. 74°6'N, long. 23°55'W. (Danmark-Gronland 1:250,000 Sheet 74 Ø.3.)
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 220mm, height: 152mm mount: Dimensions: ?

Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection