IDNO

P.86236.PAT

Description

Two expedition members sitting on the railings? of the Isbjørn, one with a scientific tool (lens?) to his eye, while the second makes notes in a journal.

Place

N America; Arctic; Greenland; Thule?

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Paterson, Thomas Thompson

Date

25 August - 7 September 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:
“August 25 - September 7.”
“From Jones Sound to Baffin, with investigation of the North-East coasts of Baffin Land.”
“704 - 710. All the ships company worked at surveying - led by Paterson. Here are Paterson, Dymond, Carmichael, the Captain, ete, Dymond & Drever, all on various aspects of the job.”
See Related Documents File. [Jocelyne Dudding 6/3/2008]

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.

Place: In the BFI’s synopses of Wordie’s 1937 film of Greenland, mention is made of footage of “Sea scenes, ice, Melville Bay”. [Reel 2, 219 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 7/2/2007]