Cartographic expeditions to Greenland explained

This is a list of recognised pioneering expeditions to Greenland that contributed to the cartography of the territory.

ExpeditionYear(s)AreaLeader
1472Southeast GreenlandDidrik Pining and Hans Pothorst
Third Northwest Passage Voyage1578South GreenlandMartin Frobisher
Danish Allday Expedition1579South GreenlandJames Allday
Danish Heinason Expedition1581South GreenlandMagnus Heinason[1]
John Davis' Expeditions to the Northwest PassageSouthwest GreenlandJohn Davis
Christian IV's Expeditions1605–1607Southeast Greenland
Hall Expedition1612Southwest GreenlandJames Hall and William Baffin
English Button Expedition1612–1613Southwest GreenlandJosias Hubert
Baffin Expedition1616West GreenlandWilliam Baffin
Walløe Expedition1751–1753Southeast GreenlandPeder Olsen Walløe
Ross Expedition1818Northwest GreenlandJohn Ross
Scoresby's Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery in the Baffin of Liverpool1822East GreenlandWilliam Scoresby
Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea Expedition1823East GreenlandDouglas Charles Clavering and Edward Sabine
Graah Expedition1828–1830Southeast GreenlandW. A. Graah
La Lilloise Expedition1833Southeast GreenlandJules de Blosseville
Inglefield Expedition1852Northwest GreenlandEdward Augustus Inglefield
First German North Polar Expedition1868Northeast GreenlandCarl Koldewey
Second German North Polar Expedition (Germania and Hansa)1869–1870Northeast GreenlandCarl Koldewey
British Arctic Expedition1875–1876North GreenlandGeorge Nares
J. A. D. Jensen Expedition1878Inland ice in West GreenlandJ. A. D. Jensen
Lady Franklin Bay Expedition1881-1884Nares Strait area in far northern GreenlandAdolphus Greely
Umiak Expedition1883–1885Southeast GreenlandGustav Holm and Thomas Vilhelm Garde
Second Dickson expedition1883West Greenland and East Greenland at AmmasalikAdolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Upernavik Mapping Expedition1886–1887Northwest GreenlandCarl Ryder
Nansen Expedition1888Across the inland iceFridtjof Nansen
Ryder's East Greenland Expedition1891–1892Scoresby Sund systemCarl Ryder
Peary's North Greenland Expeditions1891–1892North GreenlandRobert Peary
Swedish NW Greenland Expedition1892Northwest GreenlandJohan Alfred Björling
Peary's North Greenland Expeditions1893–1895North GreenlandRobert Peary
Ingolf Expedition1895–1896East GreenlandC.F. Wandel
Peary's Arctic Club Expedition1898–1902North GreenlandRobert Peary
Sverdrup Expedition1898Northwest GreenlandOtto Sverdrup
Carlsbergfund Expedition to East Greenland1898–1900Coast between Ammassalik Island and Scoresby SoundG. C. Amdrup
Swedish Greenland Expedition to search for Andrée1899Northeast GreenlandAlfred Gabriel Nathorst
Literary Expedition1902–1904Northwest GreenlandLudvig Mylius-Erichsen and Knud Rasmussen
Duke of Orléans Arctic Expedition1905Northeast GreenlandPrince Philippe, Duke of Orléans[2]
Denmark expedition1906–1908Northeast GreenlandLudvig Mylius-Erichsen[3]
Alabama Expedition1909–1912 Northeast GreenlandEjnar Mikkelsen
First Thule Expedition1912North GreenlandKnud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen
Second Swiss Expedition1912Across the inland ice Alfred de Quervain
Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land1912–1913Across the inland iceJ.P. Koch
Second Thule Expedition1916–1918North GreenlandKnud Rasmussen
Third Thule Expedition1919North GreenlandKnud Rasmussen
Fourth Thule Expedition1919–1920East GreenlandKnud Rasmussen
Bicentenary Jubilee Expedition1921–1923North GreenlandLauge Koch
1929–1930 Expedition to East Greenland1929–1930Northeast GreenlandLauge Koch
German Greenland Expedition1930–1931Across the inland iceAlfred Wegener[4]
British Arctic Air Route Expedition1930–1931East GreenlandGino Watkins
Sixth Thule Expedition1931Northeast GreenlandKnud Rasmussen
1932–1933 Greenland expedition1932–1933East GreenlandGino Watkins until his death, then John Rymill
Gefion Expedition1932Northeast GreenlandJohannes Gerhardt Jennov and Alf Trolle
Scoresby Sund Committee's 2nd East Greenland Expedition1932East Greenland
Three-year Expedition to East Greenland1931–1934East GreenlandLauge Koch[5]
British East Greenland Expedition1935–1936East GreenlandLawrence Wager
Cartographic Air Expedition1938North GreenlandLauge Koch
Mørkefjord Expedition1938–1939Northeast GreenlandEigil Knuth
Norwegian-French Expedition1938–1939Northeast GreenlandGaston Micard
Danish Peary Land Expedition.[6] 1947–1950North GreenlandEigil Knuth
1952–1954North and Northeast GreenlandJames Simpson
1956–1958 Expedition to East Greenland1958–1959East GreenlandLauge Koch

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mogens Heinessøn. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Halvor Kjellberg. 7 December 2022.
  2. Barr . William . The Arctic voyages of Louis-Philippe-Robert, Duc d'Orléans . Polar Record . 2010 . 46 . 1 . 21–43 . 10.1017/S0032247409008377. 129100092 . William Barr (historian) .
  3. [Georg Carl Amdrup|G. Amdrup]
  4. https://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/wegener-diaries/expedition3 The German Greenland Expedition 1930–1931
  5. http://wayback-01.kb.dk/wayback/20100504143133/http://www2.kb.dk/kb/dept/nbo/kob/danmarkskort/eng.treaarseks.htm# The Three-Year Expedition 1931-34
  6. https://tidsskrift.dk/geografisktidsskrift/article/view/48443/61338 Geografisk Tidsskrift, Bind 50 (1950) Dansk Pearyland Ekspedition. Sidste års meteorologi og topografisk overblik