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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

Image
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: ?