North east Greenland illustrating Danish explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen's expedition in 1909-1912. Inset map of Greenland.



The purpose of Mikkelsen's expedition was twofold: to correctly map the coastline of northeast Greenland and to recover the bodies and research of Ludwig Mylius-Erichsen and Lieutenant Niels Peter Höeg-Hagen, victims of the ill-fated 'Denmark Expedition' of 1906-08.



Despite losing his ship, the Alabama to the ice, Mikkelsen managed to recover the Denmark Expedition's records as well as disprove the existence of the Peary Channel at the tip of Greenland. He an one other crew member managed to survive two winters in a small wooden cottage made from the timbers of his ship before being rescued by a Norwegian whaler.



Published in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society to illustrate a paper describing the expedition's findings. The map is derived from a larger map produced by the Denmark Expedition and recovered by Mikkelsen and has been updated with notes supplied to the R.G.S. by Mikkelsen himself.



Printed colour. [POLAR493]