Cartographic expeditions to Greenland
Expeditions
| Expedition Name | Year(s) | Area explored | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pining-Pothorst Expedition | 1472 | Southeast? Greenland | Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst |
| Third Northwest Passage Voyage | 1578 | South Greenland | Martin Frobisher |
| Danish Allday Expedition | 1579 | South Greenland | John Allday |
| John Davis’ Expeditions to the Northwest Passage | 1583-87 | Southwest Greenland | John Davis |
| Christian IV's Expeditions | 1605-07 | Southeast Greenland | John Cunningham Godske Lindenov Carsten Richardson (James Hall) |
| Hall Expedition | 1612 | Southwest Greenland | James Hall and William Baffin |
| English Button Expedition | 1612–13 | Southwest Greenland | Button Josias Hubert |
| Baffin Expedition | 1616 | West Greenland | William Baffin |
| Walløe Expedition | 1751-53 | Southeast Greenland | Peder Olsen Walløe |
| Ross Expedition | 1818 | Northwest Greenland | John Ross |
| Scoresby's Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery in the Baffin of Liverpool | 1822 | East Greenland | William Scoresby |
| Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea Expedition | 1823 | East Greenland | Douglas Charles Clavering and Edward Sabine |
| Graah Expedition | 1828-30 | Southeast Greenland | W. A. Graah |
| La Lilloise Expedition | 1833 | Southeast Greenland | Jules de Blosseville |
| Inglefield Expedition | 1852 | Northwest Greenland | Edward Augustus Inglefield |
| First German North Polar Expedition | 1868 | Northeast Greenland | Carl Koldewey |
| Second German North Polar Expedition (Germania and Hansa) | 1869-70 | Northeast Greenland | Carl Koldewey |
| British Arctic Expedition | 1875-76 | North Greenland | George Nares |
| J. A. D. Jensen Expedition | 1878 | Inland ice in West Greenland | J. A. D. Jensen |
| Umiak Expedition | 1883-85 | Southeast Greenland | Gustav Holm and Thomas Vilhelm Garde |
| 2nd Dickson expedition led by Nordenskiöld | 1883 | West Greenland and East Greenland at Ammasalik | Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld |
| Upernavik Mapping Expedition | 1886-87 | Northwest Greenland | Carl Ryder |
| Nansen Expedition | 1888 | Across the inland ice | Fridtjof Nansen |
| Ryder’s East Greenland Expedition (Hekla) | 1891-92 | Scoresby Sund system | Carl Ryder |
| Peary's North Greenland Expeditions | 1891-92 | North Greenland | Robert Peary |
| Peary's North Greenland Expeditions | 1893-95 | North Greenland | Robert Peary |
| Peary's Peary Arctic Club Expedition | 1898-1902 | North Greenland | Robert Peary |
| Sverdrup Expedition | 1898 | Northwest Greenland | Otto Sverdrup |
| Carlsbergfund Expedition to East Greenland | 1898-1900 | Coast between Ammassalik Island and Scoresby Sound | G. C. Amdrup |
| Swedish Greenland Expedition to search for Andrée | 1899 | Northeast Greenland | Alfred Gabriel Nathorst |
| Literary expedition | 1902-04 | Northwest Greenland | Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen and Knud Rasmussen |
| Expédition Arctique du Duc D'Orléans | 1905 | East Greenland | Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans |
| Danmark expedition | 1906-08 | Northeast-North Greenland | Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen |
| Alabama expedition[1] | 1909-12 | Northeast Greenland | Ejnar Mikkelsen |
| First Thule Expedition | 1912 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen |
| Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land | 1912-13 | Crossing the inland ice in North Greenland | J.P. Koch |
| Second Thule Expedition | 1916-18 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Third Thule Expedition[2] | 1919 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Fourth Thule Expedition | 1919-20 | East Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Bicentenary Jubilee Expedition[3] | 1921–23 | North Greenland | Lauge Koch |
| Fifth Thule Expedition[4] | 1921-24 | Knud Rasmussen | |
| Sixth Thule Expedition | 1931 | Northeast Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Three-year Expedition to East Greenland | 1931-34 | East Greenland | Lauge Koch |
| Mørkefjord Expedition | 1938-39 | Northeast Greenland | Lauge Koch |
Sketch map of the Arctic coasts as mapped around 1900. The largest white gaps are in NE Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Note that most of Axel Heiberg Island and several more islands named by Otto Sverdrup are missing. Note also Robert Peary's postulated strait between Peary Land and North Greenland - a claim disproven by the First Thule Expedition led by Knud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen. From Ostenfeld, C.H. (1902) Flora Arctica, Part 1. Copenhagen, Nordiske Forlag.
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Notes and references
- ↑ Recovering remains of the fatal Danmark expedition
- ↑ depot-laying for Roald Amundsen's polar drift in Maud
- ↑ commemorating the bicentennial jubilee of Hans Egede's landing in Greenland
- ↑ From Thule across Arctic Canada to Nome, Alaska
See also
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