Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land

The Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land (Danish: Danmark-ekspeditionen), also known as the Danish expedition to Queen Louise Land and straight through Greenland’s ice sheet as well as Danish North Greenland Expedition, was an expedition to northeastern Greenland and across the Greenland ice sheet in 1912–1913.

History

The expedition was led by Johan Peter Koch (1870–1928) and Alfred Wegener (1880–1930)). They had previously taken part in the 1906–1908 Danmark Expedition as a surveyor and as a meteorologist respectively. Their project was to research the snow and ice conditions of the largely unexplored ice sheet, as well as the large glaciers of Queen Louise Land. Only four men took part, the other two being Vigfus Sigurdsson (1875–1950) and Lars Larsen (1886–1978). Instead of sled dogs, ponies were chosen for transport.[1][2]

Literature
  • Gudmundur Freyr Ulfarsson & Vigfús Sigurðsson, Crossing Greenland: Survival and Exploration with J.P. Koch & Alfred Wegener, 2023
  • Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008

See also

References
  1. The Danish North Greenland Expedition 1912–1913
  2. "Place names, northern East Greenland". data.geus.dk. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
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