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Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection

 

'Inussut', cairn on coastal path above Ilulissat Icefjord, West Greenland

Image
Accession no.: Y: 2018/1/14
Object name: Pencil and black ink sketch
Title: 'Inussut', cairn on coastal path above Ilulissat Icefjord, West Greenland
Description: Artist's description: 'Having seen the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Ilulissat Icefjord Glacier from sea-leveel in a Zodiac in 1990 I walked to the northern land side of the glacier and ice-bergs. I took the opportunity to sketch a cairn marking the coastal path. En route to this cairn I passed through the extensive "dog" ville [sic] and also a sign warning of the extreme danger of sudden tsunami waves caused by the collapse of huge ice-bergs.'
Medium: Pencil and black ink sketch
Artist: Woolmore, Ray
Note: Location: cairn on coastal path looking south across the Isfjeldbanken of the massive Jakobshavn Isfjord Glacier. Approx. lat. 69°10'N, long. 51°W. (Saga maps 1:250,000 Diskobugten)
Dimensions:
  • Picture: Width: 210mm, height: 148mm
  • mount: Dimensions: ?