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| {{Short description|Danish naval officer, Vice Admiral and Greenland researcher}} | |||
| {{redirect|Amdrup|the Danish surgeon|Erik Amdrup}} | |||
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| | name = Georg Carl Amdrup | | name = Georg Carl Amdrup | ||
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| | birth_date = {{Birth date|1866|11|19}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1866|11|19}} | ||
| | death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|01|15|1866|11|19}} | | death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|01|15|1866|11|19}} | ||
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| | awards = ] ] ({{flag2|Chile}})<ref>{{cite book|last=Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs|title=Decreto 1742 (Decree 1742)|date=8 January 1931|publisher=Diario Oficial de la República de Chile|url=https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/|accessdate=20 October 2020|lang=es}}</ref> | |||
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| Vice Admiral Sir<ref name="Hall">{{cite book|last=Hall|first=Coryne |title=Little mother of Russia: a biography of Empress Marie Fedorovna, 1847-1928|url= |
Vice Admiral Sir<ref name="Hall">{{cite book|last=Hall|first=Coryne |title=Little mother of Russia: a biography of Empress Marie Fedorovna, 1847-1928|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_YiAQAAIAAJ&q=gc+amdrup|year=2001 |publisher=Holmes & Meier|isbn=0-8419-1421-4|page=332}}</ref> '''Georg Carl Amdrup''' (November 19, 1866 in ], Denmark – January 15, 1947 in Copenhagen), ]<ref name="Mikkelsen(Ship)1913">{{cite book|last1=Mikkelsen|first1=Ejnar |author2=Alabama (Ship)|title=Lost in the Arctic: being the story of the 'Alabama' expedition, 1909-1912|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mEMNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR5|accessdate=29 December 2010|year=1913|publisher=Heinemann|pages=5–}}</ref> was a Danish naval officer, ] and ] researcher. | ||
| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| In 1884, Amdrup, of the Royal Danish Navy, was sent to ]. After wintering, he explored to the north, including an examination of the ] |
In 1884, Amdrup, of the Royal Danish Navy, was sent to ]. After wintering, he explored the coast to the north, including an examination of the ], known until then only from Inuit reports. He mapped a large length of coastline while collecting many geological and ethnological finds. By July 1885, he reached ] (67° 22' North), the furthest north of this survey.<ref name="Markham1998">{{cite book|last=Markham (Sir.)|first=Clements Robert |title=The Lands of Silence a History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NY8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA367|accessdate=29 December 2010|year=1998|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=367–|id=GGKEY:K7FDP496C5N}}</ref> | ||
| ===Carlsbergfondet Expedition til Ost-Gronland=== | ===Carlsbergfondet Expedition til Ost-Gronland=== | ||
| Lieutenant Amdrup was the leader of a major Danish expedition in 1898-1900, the ] |
Lieutenant Amdrup was the leader of a major Danish expedition in 1898-1900, the ] Expedition to East Greenland (Carlsbergfondet Expedition til Ost-Gronland).<ref name="HigginsGilotti2008">{{cite book|last1=Higgins|first1=A. K. |last2=Gilotti|first2=Jane A. |last3=Smith|first3=M. Paul |title=The Greenland Caledonides: evolution of the northeast margin of Laurentia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YhkhnIuJwgC&pg=PA3|accessdate=31 December 2010|year=2008|publisher=Geological Society of America|isbn=978-0-8137-1202-4|pages=3–}}</ref> With him were botanist Christian Krause, ornithologist Knud Poulsen, and the sailors, A. Jakobsen and Soren P. Nielsen. They left Copenhagen on August 16, 1898, sailing from Copenhagen in the vessel ''Godthaab'', and reaching Amassalik ("Angmagssalik") on 31 August.<ref name="Mills2003" /> The purpose of the expedition was to identify and examine the then completely unexplored stretch of coast between the ] and ] at about ]. The following year, they traveled the coast north to 67° 22' North, establishing several depots<ref name="Apollonio2008">{{cite book|last=Apollonio|first=Spencer |title=Lands that hold one spellbound: a story of East Greenland|url=https://archive.org/details/landsthatholdone0000apol|url-access=registration|accessdate=28 December 2010|date=September 2008|publisher=University of Calgary Press|isbn=978-1-55238-240-0|pages=–}}</ref> to use for future travel north. | ||
| During this expedition, Amdrup found the remains of a small, extinct ] settlement.<ref name="Reiley1901">{{cite book|last=Reiley|first=Alan Campbell |title=History for ready reference: from the best historians, biographers, and specialists; their own words in a complete system of history ...|url= |
During this expedition, Amdrup found the remains of a small, extinct ] settlement.<ref name="Reiley1901">{{cite book|last=Reiley|first=Alan Campbell |title=History for ready reference: from the best historians, biographers, and specialists; their own words in a complete system of history ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRSOIHe7gyIC&pg=PA408|accessdate=28 December 2010|year=1901|publisher=The C.A. Nichols Co.|pages=408–}}</ref> From this find, he brought to Denmark in 1899 a significant ethnographic collection.<ref name="Mills2003" /> | ||
| ===The East-Greenland Coast Expedition, 1900=== | ===The East-Greenland Coast Expedition, 1900=== | ||
| In 1899, ] sold the ] to Amdrup. On June 15, 1900, Amdrup took an 11-man expedition to East Greenland. The survey was to explore the coast between Cape Brewster and |
In 1899, ] sold the ] to Amdrup. On June 15, 1900, Amdrup took an 11-man expedition to East Greenland. This expedition, which cartographer Johan Peter Koch joined, was also known as the '] Expedition'. The survey was to explore the coast between ] and ].<ref name="NYTimes15June1900">{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/06/15/102599721.pdf|title=Greenland Expedition Sails|date=June 15, 1900|work=The New York Times|accessdate=29 December 2010}}</ref> They arrived at ], before continuing to ] (69°25 N) in mid July where they divided into two parties.<ref name="Higgins2005">{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:vfjxdcazVOwJ:www.eastgreenland.com/filer/2005-01_Exploration_history_East_Greenland.pdf+Georg+Amdrup&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgt0tVq-xWZRcChZwkFmv5pgklwbkUBKzejjoTm2V5jo4jghWLiVp4hY7WO-a5vynVyKH-3trwEVnxQIHOpOqU-rAhqFbu4xFIhScGmP62GUsyEMSIjUbInBIw1i8T3XehJsBEr&sig=AHIEtbQGzxfzHSHrX2jb2KrAUM8Z87TNqw|title=Exploration history of East Greenland 69°–82°N|last=Higgins|first=A.K.|date=January 2005|work=eastgreenland.com|accessdate=28 December 2010}}</ref> While the expedition's second in command, ], stayed with the ''Antarctic'' and examined the country up to Scoresbysund and fjords to the north, Amdrup endured great hardship and dangers further south in a small boat ''Aggas'' that navigated through the ice belt in the polar stream and mapped an uncharted route. | ||
| During the {{convert|730|km}} part of the expedition in ''Aggas'', a {{convert|5.6|m}} long, {{convert|1.4|m}} wide open boat that carried Amdrup, three others including ], plus {{convert|1659|kg}} of supplies,<ref name="Mills2003" /><ref>Apollonio, p. 94</ref> Amdrup found a dwelling containing the remains of 38 bodies, from which he inferred that Inuit had been trying to colonize the area.<ref name="Mills2003">{{cite book|last=Mills|first=William J. |title=Exploring polar frontiers: a historical encyclopedia|url= |
During the {{convert|730|km}} part of the expedition in ''Aggas'', a {{convert|5.6|m}} long, {{convert|1.4|m}} wide open boat that carried Amdrup, three others including ], plus {{convert|1659|kg}} of supplies,<ref name="Mills2003" /><ref>Apollonio, p. 94</ref> Amdrup found a dwelling containing the remains of 38 bodies, from which he inferred that Inuit had been trying to colonize the area.<ref name="Mills2003">{{cite book|last=Mills|first=William J. |title=Exploring polar frontiers: a historical encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYdBH4dOOM4C&pg=PA11|accessdate=28 December 2010|year=2003|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-422-0|pages=11–12}}</ref> Amdrup and his men were even accused of killing the 38 people, but it was later ascertained that they had starved to death.<ref name="Mikkelsen2005">{{cite book|last=Mikkelsen|first=Ejnar |title=Mirage in the Arctic: The Astounding 1907 Mikkelsen Expedition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqj85NJVQeMC&pg=PA3|accessdate=29 December 2010|date=1 August 2005|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-1-59228-671-3|pages=3–4}}</ref> Having established the fact that there were no other Eskimos on the eastern side of the island other than are known to the Danish missionaries, Amdrup's skeleton find was unusual.<ref name="Congress1901" /> | ||
| Amdrup and his men were picked up by the ship ''Antarctic'' at Amassalik in September and he returned to Denmark on October 4, with significant collections of botanical, geological, and zoological, specimens.<ref>Apollonio, p. 101</ref> Part of the natural history collection that Amdrup brought back included a live musk ox and ten ].<ref name="Mills2003" /> He published the expedition results in the "Notice of Grønland", XXVII-XXIX. Swedish and English expeditions that were ongoing at the time did not report the considerable progress that the Danish expedition under Amdrup was able to show.<ref name="Congress1901">{{cite book|author=American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress)|title=Brooklyn daily eagle almanac|url= |
Amdrup and his men were picked up by the ship ''Antarctic'' at Amassalik in September and he returned to Denmark on October 4, with significant collections of botanical, geological, and zoological, specimens.<ref>Apollonio, p. 101</ref> Part of the natural history collection that Amdrup brought back included a live musk ox and ten ].<ref name="Mills2003" /> He published the expedition results in the "Notice of Grønland", XXVII-XXIX. Swedish and English expeditions that were ongoing at the time did not report the considerable progress that the Danish expedition under Amdrup was able to show.<ref name="Congress1901">{{cite book|author=American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress)|title=Brooklyn daily eagle almanac|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bg0rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA420|accessdate=28 December 2010|year=1901|publisher=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|pages=420–}}</ref> | ||
| ===Danmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast, 1906-1908=== | ===Danmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast, 1906-1908=== | ||
| From 1905, Amdrup worked as an ] to his friend, ].<ref>Mikkelsen (2005), p. 15</ref> He was a member of the Committee for the |
From 1905, Amdrup worked as an ] to his friend, ].<ref>Mikkelsen (2005), p. 15</ref> He was a member of the Committee for the ] to Greenland's northeast coast 1906-1908, and, as the expedition historian,<ref>Apollonio, p. 103</ref> Amdrup wrote the expedition history in the "Notice of Grønland", XLI. | ||
| ===Later years=== | ===Later years=== | ||
| In 1913, he was appointed to the Greenland Commission,<ref name="Mills2003" /> (1931: Commission for scientific studies in Greenland) of which he was chairman from 1930 until 1931. In 1937, he took over the publication of '']''.<ref name="Mills2003" /> He was a member of the editorial board of "Grønland in tohundredåret for Hans Egede's Land". Amdrup was promoted to the rank of commander in 1916. In 1925, he was promoted to rear admiral in 1925, and was the Commander of the '']''.<ref name="navalhistory.dk">{{cite web|url=http://www.navalhistory.dk/english/theships/n/nielsjuel%281923%29.htm|title=NIELS IUEL (1923-1943)|work=navalhistory.dk|publisher=Danish Naval History|accessdate=29 December 2010}}</ref> From 1927, he was Vice Admiral Sir Georg Amdrup.<ref name="Hall" /> | In 1913, he was appointed to the Greenland Commission,<ref name="Mills2003" /> (1931: Commission for scientific studies in Greenland) of which he was chairman from 1930 until 1931. In 1937, he took over the publication of '']''.<ref name="Mills2003" /> He was a member of the editorial board of "Grønland in tohundredåret for Hans Egede's Land". Amdrup was promoted to the rank of commander in 1916. In 1925, he was promoted to rear admiral in 1925, and was the Commander of the '']''.<ref name="navalhistory.dk">{{cite web |url=http://www.navalhistory.dk/english/theships/n/nielsjuel%281923%29.htm |title=NIELS IUEL (1923-1943) |work=navalhistory.dk |publisher=Danish Naval History |accessdate=29 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015070612/http://www.navalhistory.dk/English/TheShips/N/NielsJuel(1923).htm |archivedate=15 October 2010 }}</ref> From 1927, he was Vice Admiral Sir Georg Amdrup.<ref name="Hall" /> | ||
| ==Awards and honors== | ==Awards and honors== | ||
| At the winter 1900-01 meeting of the ] held in the ], Amdrup was honored with a ].<ref name="selskab1900">{{cite book|author=Kongelige Danske geografiske selskab|title=Geografisk tidskrift|url= |
At the winter 1900-01 meeting of the ] held in the ], Amdrup was honored with a ].<ref name="selskab1900">{{cite book|author=Kongelige Danske geografiske selskab|title=Geografisk tidskrift|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbUrAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA2|accessdate=29 December 2010|year=1900|publisher=Selskabet|pages=1–2|language=Danish}}</ref> He also received other medals from several foreign geographical societies, including the ] in 1902,<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/03/15/118466019.pdf|title=Awards to Explorers|date=March 15, 1902|work=]|accessdate=29 December 2010}}</ref> and the Royal Geographical Society's Back grant.<ref name="Lockyer1902">{{cite book|last=Lockyer (Sir)|first=Norman |title=Nature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bjQVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA472|accessdate=29 December 2010|year=1902|publisher=Macmillan Journals ltd.|pages=472–}}</ref> In 1913, Mikkelsen dedicated his book, ''Being the story of the ], 1909-1912'' to Amdrup. | ||
| ] ({{coord|80.916|-16.583|name=Amdrup Land|display=inline}}) in northeastern Greenland was named after him by the ]. Another landform named in his honor is ] {{coord|68.216|-32.333||name=Amdrup Fjord|display=inline}}. | |||
| ==Legacy== | |||
| The Shipbuilding & Engineering Company's ship ''G.C. Amdrup'' is also named for him.<ref>Higgins, p. 26</ref> Also named on his behalf is ''Leptognathia amdrupii'',<ref name="Meinert1899">{{cite book|last=Frederik Vilhelm August |first=Meinert|title=Pycnogonida: af Fr. Meinert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZ8NAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA82|accessdate=29 December 2010|year=1899|publisher=Bianco Luno|pages=2–}}</ref> which was considered for transfer to the genus Chauliopleona by 2000<ref name="Green2000">{{cite book|last1=Green|first1=Karen D |last2=Bakus|first2=Gerald J |last3=Lissner|first3=Andrew L |title=Taxonomic atlas of the benthic fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel: The Crustacea part 2,: the Isopoda, Cumacea and Tanaidacea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_s8UAQAAIAAJ&q=amdrupii|year=2000|publisher=Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History|isbn=0-936494-16-6|page=234}}</ref> and transferred to '']'' by 2005.<ref name="Larsen2005">{{cite book|last=Larsen|first=Kim |title=Deep-sea Tanaidacea (Peracarida) from the Gulf of Mexico|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0cWAQAAIAAJ&q=amdrupii|year=2005|publisher=Brill|isbn=90-04-14210-X|page=252}}</ref><ref name="species.wikimedia.org">{{cite web|url=http://species.wikimedia.org/Chauliopleona_amdrupii|title=Chauliopleona amdrupii|work=species.wikimedia.org|accessdate=29 December 2010}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| *] | |||
| ==Partial works== | ==Partial works== | ||
| * (1902). ''The East-Greenland Coast Expedition in the year 1900''. Kjobenhavn, Geogr. Tids. 16, (34-54, with 1 map). (in Danish)<ref name="Britain)1906">{{cite book|author=Royal Society (Great Britain)|title=International catalogue of scientific literature, 1901-1914|url= |
* (1902). ''The East-Greenland Coast Expedition in the year 1900''. Kjobenhavn, Geogr. Tids. 16, (34-54, with 1 map). (in Danish)<ref name="Britain)1906">{{cite book|author=Royal Society (Great Britain)|title=International catalogue of scientific literature, 1901-1914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NMkNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA144|accessdate=29 December 2010|year=1906|pages=144–}}</ref> | ||
| * (1904) ''Observations astronomiques, météorologiques et magnétiques de Tasiusak dans le district d'Angmagsalik, 1898 Faites par l'expédition danoise sous la direction de G. C. Amdrup: Publ. par la Commission danoise des Explorations géographique et géologiques du Groenland'' | * (1904) ''Observations astronomiques, météorologiques et magnétiques de Tasiusak dans le district d'Angmagsalik, 1898 Faites par l'expédition danoise sous la direction de G. C. Amdrup: Publ. par la Commission danoise des Explorations géographique et géologiques du Groenland'' | ||
| * (1904) ''Fungi Groenlandiæ orientalis in expeditionibus G. Amdrup 1898-1902'' | * (1904) ''Fungi Groenlandiæ orientalis in expeditionibus G. Amdrup 1898-1902'' | ||
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| Georg Carl Amdrup | |
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 George Carl Amdrup | |
| Born | (1866-11-19)November 19, 1866 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | January 15, 1947(1947-01-15) (aged 80) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Allegiance |  Denmark |
| Service |  Royal Danish Navy |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Awards |  Grand Officer of the Order of Merit ( Chile) |
Vice Admiral Sir Georg Carl Amdrup (November 19, 1866 in Copenhagen, Denmark – January 15, 1947 in Copenhagen), RN was a Danish naval officer, Vice Admiral and Greenland researcher.
Career
In 1884, Amdrup, of the Royal Danish Navy, was sent to Amassalik. After wintering, he explored the coast to the north, including an examination of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, known until then only from Inuit reports. He mapped a large length of coastline while collecting many geological and ethnological finds. By July 1885, he reached Aggas Island (67° 22' North), the furthest north of this survey.
Carlsbergfondet Expedition til Ost-Gronland
Lieutenant Amdrup was the leader of a major Danish expedition in 1898-1900, the Carlsberg Foundation Expedition to East Greenland (Carlsbergfondet Expedition til Ost-Gronland). With him were botanist Christian Krause, ornithologist Knud Poulsen, and the sailors, A. Jakobsen and Soren P. Nielsen. They left Copenhagen on August 16, 1898, sailing from Copenhagen in the vessel Godthaab, and reaching Amassalik ("Angmagssalik") on 31 August. The purpose of the expedition was to identify and examine the then completely unexplored stretch of coast between the 66th parallel north and Scoresbysund at about 70th parallel north. The following year, they traveled the coast north to 67° 22' North, establishing several depots to use for future travel north.
During this expedition, Amdrup found the remains of a small, extinct Eskimo settlement. From this find, he brought to Denmark in 1899 a significant ethnographic collection.
The East-Greenland Coast Expedition, 1900
In 1899, Alfred Gabriel Nathorst sold the Antarctic to Amdrup. On June 15, 1900, Amdrup took an 11-man expedition to East Greenland. This expedition, which cartographer Johan Peter Koch joined, was also known as the 'Carlsberg Foundation Expedition'. The survey was to explore the coast between Cape Brewster and Aggas Island. They arrived at Little Pendulum Island, before continuing to Cape Dalton (69°25 N) in mid July where they divided into two parties. While the expedition's second in command, Nikolaj Hartz, stayed with the Antarctic and examined the country up to Scoresbysund and fjords to the north, Amdrup endured great hardship and dangers further south in a small boat Aggas that navigated through the ice belt in the polar stream and mapped an uncharted route.
During the 730 kilometres (450 mi) part of the expedition in Aggas, a 5.6 metres (18 ft) long, 1.4 metres (4 ft 7 in) wide open boat that carried Amdrup, three others including Ejnar Mikkelsen, plus 1,659 kilograms (3,657 lb) of supplies, Amdrup found a dwelling containing the remains of 38 bodies, from which he inferred that Inuit had been trying to colonize the area. Amdrup and his men were even accused of killing the 38 people, but it was later ascertained that they had starved to death. Having established the fact that there were no other Eskimos on the eastern side of the island other than are known to the Danish missionaries, Amdrup's skeleton find was unusual.
Amdrup and his men were picked up by the ship Antarctic at Amassalik in September and he returned to Denmark on October 4, with significant collections of botanical, geological, and zoological, specimens. Part of the natural history collection that Amdrup brought back included a live musk ox and ten lemming. He published the expedition results in the "Notice of Grønland", XXVII-XXIX. Swedish and English expeditions that were ongoing at the time did not report the considerable progress that the Danish expedition under Amdrup was able to show.
Danmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast, 1906-1908
From 1905, Amdrup worked as an Adjutant to his friend, Prince Valdemar of Denmark. He was a member of the Committee for the Denmark expedition to Greenland's northeast coast 1906-1908, and, as the expedition historian, Amdrup wrote the expedition history in the "Notice of Grønland", XLI.
Later years
In 1913, he was appointed to the Greenland Commission, (1931: Commission for scientific studies in Greenland) of which he was chairman from 1930 until 1931. In 1937, he took over the publication of Meddelelser om Grønland. He was a member of the editorial board of "Grønland in tohundredåret for Hans Egede's Land". Amdrup was promoted to the rank of commander in 1916. In 1925, he was promoted to rear admiral in 1925, and was the Commander of the Niels Iuel. From 1927, he was Vice Admiral Sir Georg Amdrup.
Awards and honors
At the winter 1900-01 meeting of the Royal Danish Geographical Society held in the Copenhagen Concert Hall, Amdrup was honored with a Medal of Merit in gold. He also received other medals from several foreign geographical societies, including the Royal Geographical Society in 1902, and the Royal Geographical Society's Back grant. In 1913, Mikkelsen dedicated his book, Being the story of the 'Alabama' expedition, 1909-1912 to Amdrup.
Amdrup Land (80°54′58″N 16°34′59″W / 80.916°N 16.583°W / 80.916; -16.583 (Amdrup Land)) in northeastern Greenland was named after him by the Denmark expedition. Another landform named in his honor is Amdrup Fjord 68°12′58″N 32°19′59″W / 68.216°N 32.333°W / 68.216; -32.333 (Amdrup Fjord).
The Shipbuilding & Engineering Company's ship G.C. Amdrup is also named for him. Also named on his behalf is Leptognathia amdrupii, which was considered for transfer to the genus Chauliopleona by 2000 and transferred to Chauliopleona amdrupii by 2005.
See also
Partial works
- (1902). The East-Greenland Coast Expedition in the year 1900. Kjobenhavn, Geogr. Tids. 16, (34-54, with 1 map). (in Danish)
- (1904) Observations astronomiques, météorologiques et magnétiques de Tasiusak dans le district d'Angmagsalik, 1898 Faites par l'expédition danoise sous la direction de G. C. Amdrup: Publ. par la Commission danoise des Explorations géographique et géologiques du Groenland
- (1904) Fungi Groenlandiæ orientalis in expeditionibus G. Amdrup 1898-1902
- (1921). Grønland i Tohundredaaret for Hans Egedes Landing. Under Redaktion of G. C. Amdrup, Louis Bobé, Ad. S. Jensen, H. P. Steensby. . København, 1921. (in Danish)
- (1928). Greenland. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel.
References
- Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (8 January 1931). Decreto 1742 (Decree 1742) (in Spanish). Diario Oficial de la República de Chile. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Hall, Coryne (2001). Little mother of Russia: a biography of Empress Marie Fedorovna, 1847-1928. Holmes & Meier. p. 332. ISBN 0-8419-1421-4.
- Mikkelsen, Ejnar; Alabama (Ship) (1913). Lost in the Arctic: being the story of the 'Alabama' expedition, 1909-1912. Heinemann. pp. 5–. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- Markham (Sir.), Clements Robert (1998). The Lands of Silence a History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration. CUP Archive. pp. 367–. GGKEY:K7FDP496C5N. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
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