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Moskusheimem (Revet) and Clavering Island snow-peaks, North-East Greenland, July 1999


Accession no.:	Y: 2012/20/92
Object name:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Title:	Moskusheimem (Revet) and Clavering Island snow-peaks, North-East Greenland, July 1999
Description:	First visit to the famous Revet Hut, with Clavering Island and Revet Arcturus Expedition 1999, led by Kathleen Cartwright and Simon Fraser. The artist noted about this sketch "We set up tents outside, but used the room containing the stove for cooking, meals and shelter. The hust brings back good memories of Dr Hugh Lang, a stalwart of Erskine and Arcturus Expeditions, and an expert botanist, sitting in an armchair, and on his last expedition before he died from cancer three months later, at the age of 79"
Medium:	Chalk and charcoal sketch
Artist:	Woolmore, Ray
Note:	Fangststationer Moskusheimem (built 1972), 429 in "Nordostgronland 1908-60. Fangstmandsperioden", 1994, Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen (revised 2001). Lat. 74°22'N, long. 21°53'W/Payer Land. (Danmark-Gronland 1:250,000 Sheet 74 Ø.2 Clavering Island.)
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 229mm, height: 152mm mount: Dimensions: ?

Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection