Eismitte Station

Expedition member standing on Eismitte Station. The name "Eismitte" means Ice-Centre in German, and the station was located 402 kilometers (250 mi) from the coast at an estimated altitude of 3,000 meters (9,843 feet). Historical note: The German Greenland Expedition led by continental drif...

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Language:unknown
Published: 1930
Subjects:
Greenland
Loewe
Eismitte
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11343/95417
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spelling ftumelbournedc:oai:jupiter.its.unimelb.edu.au:11343/95417 2023-05-15T16:26:42+02:00 Eismitte Station 1930 http://hdl.handle.net/11343/95417 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/11343/95417 Pictures--Photographs--Photographic prints 1930 ftumelbournedc 2021-12-26T15:32:35Z Expedition member standing on Eismitte Station. The name "Eismitte" means Ice-Centre in German, and the station was located 402 kilometers (250 mi) from the coast at an estimated altitude of 3,000 meters (9,843 feet). Historical note: The German Greenland Expedition led by continental drift theorist, Alfred Wegener took place from July 1930 to August 1931. The expedition's aim was to study the upper air, snow and ice sheet at three stations placed on the West, middle and East of Greenland. When Wegener died on his journey from the central station to the West coast, Loewe became acting expedition leader. Previous control number: BWP/26920 154613 Item: [1988.0160.00026] "Eismitte Station" Other/Unknown Material Greenland Ice Sheet The University of Melbourne: Digitised Collections Greenland Loewe ENVELOPE(67.717,67.717,-70.533,-70.533) Eismitte ENVELOPE(-39.933,-39.933,71.167,71.167)
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description Expedition member standing on Eismitte Station. The name "Eismitte" means Ice-Centre in German, and the station was located 402 kilometers (250 mi) from the coast at an estimated altitude of 3,000 meters (9,843 feet). Historical note: The German Greenland Expedition led by continental drift theorist, Alfred Wegener took place from July 1930 to August 1931. The expedition's aim was to study the upper air, snow and ice sheet at three stations placed on the West, middle and East of Greenland. When Wegener died on his journey from the central station to the West coast, Loewe became acting expedition leader. Previous control number: BWP/26920 154613 Item: [1988.0160.00026] "Eismitte Station"
format Other/Unknown Material
title Eismitte Station
spellingShingle Eismitte Station
title_short Eismitte Station
title_full Eismitte Station
title_fullStr Eismitte Station
title_full_unstemmed Eismitte Station
title_sort eismitte station
publishDate 1930
url http://hdl.handle.net/11343/95417
long_lat ENVELOPE(67.717,67.717,-70.533,-70.533)
ENVELOPE(-39.933,-39.933,71.167,71.167)
geographic Greenland
Loewe
Eismitte
geographic_facet Greenland
Loewe
Eismitte
genre Greenland
Ice Sheet
genre_facet Greenland
Ice Sheet
op_relation http://hdl.handle.net/11343/95417
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