
Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection
Pingo Pass Base Camp overlooked to the south by the foothills of Gurreholme Bjerge, North-East Greenland
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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) |
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