Explored area, King Christian X Land.
Norwegian-occupied Eirik Raudes Land

The Three-year Expedition (Danish: Treårsekspeditionen) was an exploratory expedition to East Greenland that lasted from 1931 to 1934 financed by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish state. The expedition included aerial surveys. [1]

Many geographic features in East Greenland were mapped and named during the expedition. Eskimonaes station was used as a wintering base by the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland.[2]

History

The expedition was led by Lauge Koch. The other participants were Danish and Swedish geographers, geologists, archaeologists, zoologists and botanists: Paul Gelting, Gunnar Seidenfaden, Thorvald Sørensen, Steen Hasselbach, Helge G. Backlund, Gunnar Thorson, Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh, Helge Larsen, Thyge Johansen, L. Bruhn, H. Heinrich Nielsen and N. V. Petersen. The expedition vessels were Godthaab and Gustav Holm.[3] The engagement of the Danish state had political connotations, because of the ongoing dispute between Denmark and Norway over East Greenland.

The Elephant Foot Glacier, first mapped by the Three-year Expedition

See also

Bibliography

  • Thorson, G., ed. (1937) Med treaarsekspeditionen til Christian X's land. Af deltagere i ekspeditionen. København, Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag.
  • Seidenfaden, G. (1938) Moderne Arktisk Forskning, Copenhagen. English edition 1939, Modern Arctic Exploration, with a preface by Peter Freuchen, translated by Naomi Walford.

References

  1. ↑ Ole Ventegodt. "Treårsekspeditionen". Den Store Danske, Gyldendal. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Koch, Lauge (1933) The Danish Three-Year Expedition to King Christian X Land. Geographical Review 23 (4): 599-607. Full text
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