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Schuchert Dal Base Camp and Karstryggen cliffs, North-East Greenland

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Accession no.:	Y: 2012/20/42
Object name:	Black ink sketch
Title:	Schuchert Dal Base Camp and Karstryggen cliffs, North-East Greenland
Description:	Leader Robert Burton and Siggy Adalsteinson, the Twin Otter pilot, decided not to land at the intended Base Camp on Milne Land because of snow, and made a quick, wise decision to land instead on a morainic landing strip on the western side of Schuchert Dal, under the limestone crags of Karstryggen. This site became the Schuchert Dal Base Camp.
Medium:	Black ink sketch
Artist:	Woolmore, Ray
Note:	Western side of Schuchert Dal. Lat. 71°33'N, Long. 24°35'W (Danmark – Gronland, 1:250,000 Sheet 71 Ø.2 Stauning Alper)
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 165mm, height: 127mm mount: Dimensions: ?
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Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection