IDNO

P.86174.PAT

Description

Distant view which looks over The Red River Valley, East of Godhavn. There is a small settlement with wooden buildings, amongst slopes with rounded rocky features. Hills with plateau tops are in the background.

Place

N America; Arctic; Greenland; Godhavn [The Red River Valley]

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”
“The Red River Valley, east of Godhavn.”
“194 - 202.”
“194 - 197 & 199. The Red River Valley.”
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 p. 389 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. “ [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]