IDNO

P.86252.PAT

Description

Elevated view of two headlands, possibly of Cary Islands, with icebergs in the sea bay.

Place

N America; Arctic; Greenland; Upernivik?; Upernavik?

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Paterson, Thomas Thompson

Date

31 July - 2 August 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 31 - August 2”
“316 - 324. Upernivik Fjord”
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. 393 includes:
“The stay at the Cary Islands was therefore a failure as far as the balloons were concerned, but it was profitable in other ways. We had with us two contradictory map representations of the islands, one on British Admiralty charts which dates from the time of the Franklin search, and the other on Dr. Lauge Koch's 18-sheet map of North West Greenland. ... We had not at first planned any survey work, but as we saw the need for it bits of coast were plotted, and some of the islands circled by motor boat; as soon however as we were aware that an improved chart would be worth making we were almost immediately checked by fog. The result therefore is not much more than a sketch and no positions were fixed astronomically, but it is so far in advance of all previous maps that it justifies being put on record. Detailed knowledge is confined to the north-west group of three islands, or four if Fourth Island, 1 1/2 miles to the south, is included. The rest consist of Table Island some miles to the east, and beyond (the north-west group being regarded as the starting-point), is Bjorling Island, while Dutch Hat lies some way south-east of Fourth Island”. [JD 6/3/2007]

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]