IDNO

P.86257.PAT

Description

Large two masted schooner, possibly the trading schooner Yrsa?, moored in Upernavik harbour, with the settlement of Upernavik just visible to the left of the frame.

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”
“Upernivik Colony.”
“308 - 309. “Hailorn Jones”
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.

Place: In the BFI’s synopses of Wordie’s 1937 film of Greenland, mention is made of footage of “Trading schooner, Yrsa, in Upernavik Harbour”. [Reel 2, 96 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]