Alfred de Quervain's Swiss Greenland expeditions, 1909 and 1912

ABSTRACT In 1909, with two companions Swiss meteorologist Alfred de Quervain travelled to the Uummannaq area of west Greenland, to the same area investigated by Erich von Drygalski in 1892–1893. A major objective was to investigate the changes in the nearby outlet glaciers since Drygalski's vis...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Barr, William
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2014
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Greenland
Fridtjof
Drygalski
Tasiilaq
Ammassalik
Disko bugt
Fridtjof Nansen
Godhavn
Ice cap
Polar Record
Uummannaq
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247414000199
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247414000199

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