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
University of Gothenburg, Centre for Digital HumanitiesContributor(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
University of Gothenburg
Swedish National Heritage Board
Luleå University of Technology
Commissioning organisation
Swedish National Heritage Board
Data contains personal data
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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 South Polar expedition 1901–1903 (accepted manuscript). Visby: Swedish National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet).
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Type of archaeological investigation
Watching brief, Archaeological field evaluation, Planning basis
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Description
The drawings of the Nordensköld Expedition boat were carried out using traditional methods.Version 1
https://doi.org/10.5878/z6ch-m418
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Data format / data structure
Still image
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Gunnar Almevik
- University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation
Keywords
Type of archaeological remains
Feature , Buildings , Settlement remnants , Building remains , Boat remains
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