Eismitte Station

Johannes Georgi (1888-1972) with equipment near a wall of Eismitte Station. The name "Eismitte" means Ice-Center in German, and the station was located 402 kilometers (250 mi) from the west coast of Greenland. Historical note: The German Greenland Expedition led by continental drift theori...

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Language:unknown
Published: 1931
Subjects:
Greenland
Georgi
Loewe
Eismitte
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11343/95437
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spelling ftumelbournedc:oai:jupiter.its.unimelb.edu.au:11343/95437 2023-05-15T16:25:01+02:00 Eismitte Station 1931 http://hdl.handle.net/11343/95437 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/11343/95437 Pictures--Photographs--Photographic prints 1931 ftumelbournedc 2021-12-26T15:32:35Z Johannes Georgi (1888-1972) with equipment near a wall of Eismitte Station. The name "Eismitte" means Ice-Center in German, and the station was located 402 kilometers (250 mi) from the west coast of Greenland. 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/26943 154633 Item: [1988.0160.00049] "Eismitte Station" Other/Unknown Material Greenland Ice Sheet The University of Melbourne: Digitised Collections Greenland Georgi ENVELOPE(-45.133,-45.133,-60.767,-60.767) 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 Johannes Georgi (1888-1972) with equipment near a wall of Eismitte Station. The name "Eismitte" means Ice-Center in German, and the station was located 402 kilometers (250 mi) from the west coast of Greenland. 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/26943 154633 Item: [1988.0160.00049] "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 1931
url http://hdl.handle.net/11343/95437
long_lat ENVELOPE(-45.133,-45.133,-60.767,-60.767)
ENVELOPE(67.717,67.717,-70.533,-70.533)
ENVELOPE(-39.933,-39.933,71.167,71.167)
geographic Greenland
Georgi
Loewe
Eismitte
geographic_facet Greenland
Georgi
Loewe
Eismitte
genre Greenland
Ice Sheet
genre_facet Greenland
Ice Sheet
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