Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jonathan Westin
- University of Gothenburg, Centre for Digital Humanities
Gunnar Almevik
- University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation
Description
The first Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903), led by Otto Nordenskjöld, sailed to Antarctica on the ship Antarctic captained by CA Larsen, and established a research station on Snow Hill Island. There six members overwintered and performed paleontological, meteorological, geomagnetic and geological studies, while the rest of the expedition set sail for South Orkney.
After the winter, on the way back to Snow Hill Island, the Antarctic got stuck in the ice and sank. At this point, the expedition members were divided into three groups. One of these overwintered an extra year on Snow Hill Island, whereas the other two groups were forced to build stone huts in order to overwinter at Hope Bay and Paulet Island. An Argentinean vessel, the Corbeta Uruguay, rescued the expedition in November 1903.
CHAQ 2020 is an Argentinean-Swedish project with fieldwork in the area around the Antarctic Peninsula aiming to investigating and documenting the historical remains of the first Swedish South Polar expedition under the leadership of Otto Nordenskjöld 1901-1903. The material was collected in January an
Language
English
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Centre for Digital Humanities
Contributor(s)
Dag Avango
- Luleå University of Technology, Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Division of Social Sciences
Kati Lindström
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Philosophy and History, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment
Luleå University of Technology
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Commissioning organisation
Swedish National Heritage Board
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Time period(s) investigated
20th century – 21th century
1902-01-01 – 2020-02-10
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Antarctica
Geographic description: The documentation was gathered at Snow Hill Island, Seymour Island (Marambio), and Hope Bay.
Almevik, G., Avango, D., Contissa, V., Fontana, P., Lindström, K., & Westin, J. (2021). Built cultural heritage in Antarctica : remains and uses of the first Swedish SouthPolar expedition 1901–1903. Riksantikvarieämbetet. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:raa:diva-6230
URN:
urn:nbn:se:raa:diva-6230
ISBN:
978-91-7209-891-6
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Type of archaeological investigation
Watching brief, Archaeological field evaluation, Planning basis
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The set consist of panoramas obtained from three scanning sessions with the Faro Focus m70 on January 22 and 24, 2020 by Jonathan Westin. The resolution of the panoramas is 20288 x 10144 pixels. Corresponding raw data point clouds in FLS-format for each of the scanning positions can be downloaded from the repository (catalogue entry "CHAQ2020 - Hope Bay - Spatial data").Version 1
https://doi.org/10.5878/404e-mb94
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jonathan Westin
- University of Gothenburg, Centre for Digital Humanities
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Type of archaeological remains
Feature , Buildings , Settlement remnants , Building remains
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The photographs of the remains were shot with several different cameras between January 25-31. Gunnar Almevik’s photographs were shot with a Fujifilm X-T2, Dag Avango’s with a Nikon D800, and Jonathan Westin’s with both an iPhone XR and a Faro Focus m70.Version 1
https://doi.org/10.5878/mxpp-yj12
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jonathan Westin
- University of Gothenburg, Centre for Digital Humanities
Gunnar Almevik
- University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation
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Type of archaeological remains
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The high resolution orthophotos of the shelter (1 mm per pixel) were created with Agisoft Metashape and structure-from-motion photography taken with a Fujifilm X-T2 camera on January 31, 2020. The photos for the high resolution orthophoto of the site Base Esperanza (10 mm per pixel) were taken with a DJI Phantom 4 drone at 150 meters height on January 31 2020, and then processed in Agisoft Metashape.Version 1
https://doi.org/10.5878/0yq6-rr71
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jonathan Westin
- University of Gothenburg, Centre for Digital Humanities
Gunnar Almevik
- University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation
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