IDNO

P.86176.PAT

Description

Thomas Paterson wearing a fine cloth hood, holding a book, and boarding the Isbjørn from an outboard motor via a set of steps. The ship’s down is standing on top of the ship’s railings.

Place

N America; Arctic; Greenland; ?Nugssuak Peninsula; ?Ubekjendt Island (Kalaakkisut); ?Godhavn

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Thomas Paterson

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

Related Image: imilar image mounted in James Wordie’s 1937 album with the number and caption:
“July 24 - 30”
“Nugssuaq Greenlanders.”
“270. Bjorn sees Paterson off before the”
“flight”
See Related Documents File. [Jocelyne Dudding 7/3/2008]

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.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]