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The icy peaks of Renland looking west from the valley beneath Pythagoras Bjerg, Kjoveland, North-East Greenland


Accession no.:	Y: 2012/20/83
Object name:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Title:	The icy peaks of Renland looking west from the valley beneath Pythagoras Bjerg, Kjoveland, North-East Greenland
Description:	Much of the valley slope of Pythagorasberg (1376m) is strewn with huge boulders (looking like musk-oxen in this sketch), either huge erratics or rocks fallen in landslide. I walked to the gap overlooking the Nordvestfjord, looking across to the icy peaks of Renland. Hugh Lang and David Shaw followed much the same route
Medium:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Artist:	Woolmore, Ray
Note:	Looking west from the "lake" valley, leading to the gap falling steeply to Nordivestfjord. Lat. 71°22'N, long. 25°10'W. (Danmark-Gronland 1:250,000 Sheet 71 Ø.2 Stauning Alper.)
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 229mm, height: 152mm mount: Dimensions: ?

Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection