IDNO

P.86169.PAT

Description

Derek Leaf sitting on the rocky ground, possibly a dyke-swarm? or gabbro intrusion?, in a valley floor with hills topped with plateaus in the background.

Physical Condition: Emulsion of the negative has been distorted, possibly through heat damage.

Place

N America; Arctic; Greenland; ?Godhavn

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Derek Leaf

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Paterson, Thomas Thompson

Date

24 - 30 July 1937

Collection Name

Paterson Collection

Source

Paterson, Erik T.

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

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 p.390 includes:
“The Nugssuak Peninsula juts prominently westwards, and appeared to have much the same strategic advantages as Godhavn, there being a small fairly sheltered harbour, near the extreme west point. ... The weather at Nugssuak was disappointing, and there was a good deal of wind and cloud; flights were only possible with Dymond's apparatus. Two were made during a stay of five days, but neither was completely satisfactory. ... In other respects the stay at Nugssuak was very successful, and particularly so for Drever. The ledges of the harbour are inclined lava-flows, part of the Tertiary volcanic rocks which cover Disko Island and a wide area farther north, and one of the problems during our stay at Nugssuak was to locate the central focus of this widespread volcanic activity; hitherto only the superimposed lava sheets have been known, and nothing definite of their place of origin. During our stay Drever located an unrecorded dyke-swarm about 10 to 12 miles distant along the south coast of the Peninsula, and a gabbro intrusion, the first recorded in the West Greenland Tertiary, on the south coast of Ubekjendt Island”. [JD 8/2/2007]

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]