The circumnavigation of Greenland–first attempt 1977–78

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Herbert, Wally
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Greenland; Traveller; Polar Record; Thule
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400002436; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400002436

The object of the British North-Polar Expedition 1977–79 was for Allan Gill and myself to make the first circumnavigation of Greenland by dog sledge and umiak , beginning and ending at Thule in north-west Greenland (Fig 1). This 13 000 km journey estimated to take 16 months, was, I felt, one of the...