IDNO

P.86133.PAT

Description

Head and shoulders portrait of captain Bergeson using a small telescope, accompanied by Ed. W Leaf on the deck of the Isbjørn, with distant coastal hills and icebergs in the background.

Place

N America; Arctic; Greenland; Sullorsuaq Strait [Vaigat]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Captain Bergeson; Ed.W. Leaf

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Paterson, Thomas Thompson

Date

24 July 1937

Collection Name

Paterson Collection

Source

Paterson, Erik T.

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Image: Same image mounted in James Wordie’s 1937 album with the number and caption:
“July 24”
Going up the Vaigat”
“223. Captain & Ed. W. Leaf.”
See Related Documents File. [Jocelyne Dudding 8/3/2008]

Bibliographical Reference: J. M. Wordie; H. Bibliographical Reference: J. M. Wordie; H. Carmichael; E. G. Dymond; T. C. Lethbridge, ‘An Expedition to North West Greenland and the Canadian Arctic in 1937’ in The Geographical Journal, Vol. 92, No. 5. (Nov., 1938), pp. 385-418.
Text on pp. 388-389 includes:
“In Davis Strait we had overcast conditions with mist and a gentle head swell during the four days passage to Godhavn. There was a short clearing one evening off Godthaab, enough to show the characteristic mountains, Sadlen and Hjortetakken, known as the Beacons of Godthaab, and by this means we fixed our position, having been without sights for five days. This was only a temporary improvement however and for the most part we were limited to 5 to 10 mile visibility in the passage up the Strait. ... Godhavn was reached on July 15”. [JD 13/2/2007]

Place: In the BFI’s synopses of Wordie’s 1937 film of Greenland, mention is made of footage of “Iceberg & ice in Disko Bay”. [Reel 1, 261 foot] [Source:
BFI, http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/14564?view=synopsis] [JD 13/2/2007]

P.86084.PAT to P.86583.PAT were found wrapped in the card now numbered C446/1/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 13/2/2007]