IDNO

P.86153.PAT

Description

M/S Ternen, Leif and four other boats moored in a harbour near Godhavn, with visibility reduced by mist.

Place

N America; Arctic; Greenland; Godhavn

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Paterson, Thomas Thompson

Date

15 - 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 15 - 24”
“175. Ternen, Leif, etc, in the harbour.”
See Related Documents File. [Jocelyne Dudding 9/3/2008]

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. 389-390 includes:
“Godhavn was reached on July 15, and preparations at once began for the first balloon flight. The weather at Disko is almost proverbial, and we had specially chosen Godhavn for our first attempts, as it offered an ample sector of open water for recovery of the balloon apparatus, and in addition to probable fine weather and a wide area of open sea there were the further advantages of a good anchorage, high ground for look-out purposes, and also prominent points which could be easily occupied as the ends of an observation base-line. ... These first three days were perfect in every way, and by then the men and instruments were all ready and in order. No finer weather was experienced at any other time during the summer, the pilot balloons ascended almost vertically, and "Disko weather" was not a mere name. On the fourth day however when all was ready for a full flight, conditions changed slightly, and though preparations were made, mist and puffy winds soon interfered, and after the balloons had been partially inflated the flight had to be cancelled.
We waited another four days till it was clear that the deterioration in the weather was not merely temporary and then decided to move north to another point. We could not wait indefinitely at one spot, as it was necessary to provide for the interests of the party as a whole.
We left early on July 24 and during a day of mist and fog passed up the Vaigat, aiming to anchor at the western end of Nugssuak Peninsula”. [JD 14/2/2007]

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 7/2/2007]