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Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection

Pingo Pass Base Camp overlooked to the south by the foothills of Gurreholme Bjerge, North-East Greenland

Accession no.:	Y: 2012/20/54
Object name:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Title:	Pingo Pass Base Camp overlooked to the south by the foothills of Gurreholme Bjerge, North-East Greenland
Description:	Robert Burton, leader, estalished the Arcturus Expedition Base Camp (at about 500m) here, overlooking Schuchert Dal and the Staunings Alps, close to the old mine and disused road, now a habitat for melandrium tripetalatum. A herd of musk-oxen grazed nearby, and ringed plovers seemed all around
Medium:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Artist:	Woolmore, Ray
Note:	Base Camp established on high watershed between Pingo Dal and Schubert Dal northern coast of Otto Fiord Approx. Lat. 71°48'N, long. 24°15'W. (Danmark-Gronland 1:250,000 Sheet 71Ø.2 Stauning Alper)
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 220mm, height: 152mm mount: Dimensions: ?