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
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Luleå University of Technology
Commissioning organisation
The 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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Watching brief, Archaeological field evaluation, Planning basis
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The photographs of the remains were shot with several different cameras on February 4 and 5. Gunnar Almevik’s photographs were shot with a Fujifilm X-T2, Dag Avango’s with a Nikon D800, and Jonathan Westin’s with an iPhone XR.Version 1
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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
Keywords
antarctica, antarctic region, archaeological site, polar expeditions, nordenskjöld, otto, 1869-1928, swedish antarctic expedition, 1901-1904, adélie penguin (pygoscelis adeliae), chinstrap penguin (pygoscelis antarcticus), gentoo penguin (pygoscelis papua)
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At the Argentinian Base Marambio a part of a wooden boat originating from the first Swedish South Polar Expedition is stored. It was found by Ricardo Capdevila in the 1980's at the south shore of Seymour Island and first brought to Snow Hill Island. At the time, the boat had parts of a ground stock connecting both sides of the clinker built planking. Today only one side of the planking is preserved. The full length of the remains is 4.8 meters and the two orthophotos have a resolution of 1mm per
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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
Keywords
antarctica, antarctic region, archaeological site, polar expeditions, nordenskjöld, otto, 1869-1928, swedish antarctic expedition, 1901-1904
Type of archaeological remains