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Source: Alfred Wegener, Tagebücher, June 1912 – July 1913. DMA NL 001/010.
[170] Anzügen. In dem komfortablen Haus des Vorstands, haben ein warmes Bad genossen und gestern ein langes Festdinner mit Tischreden über uns ergehen lassen müssen. – Am 15. abends kamen wir in Pröven an, am 16. – Vigfus Geburtstag – fuuhren wir Pastor Chemnitz zur Revanche mit unserem Motorboot nach Sonder Upernavik und am 17. abends ist dasselbe mit Vigfus und Larsen nebst 12 Eskimos nach dem Laxe-Fjord abgegangen, um die von uns bei Pingut und am Fjord hinterlassenen Bagage einzuziehen.
[170] We enjoyed a warm bath, and yesterday, had to endure a long feast with speeches in our honor in the colony leader’s comfortable home. We arrived in Pröven on the evening of the 15th, and on the 16th, Vigfus’s birthday, we took Pastor Chemnitz to Sonder Upernavik with our motorboat to make up for his lost trip there. On the evening of the 17th, Pastor Chemnitz joined Vigfus, Larsen, and 12 Eskimos in their trip to the Laxe Fjord to pick up the baggage we left behind there and at the Pingut.
The Wegener Diaries: Scientific Expeditions into the Eternal Ice
This virtual exhibition sheds light on Alfred Wegener’s expeditions to Greenland between 1906 and 1931. Its main focus is on the diaries Wegener wrote during his explorations, which offer unique insights into the manifold challenges man and material faced in Greenland’s extreme environments. You may choose to read the diaries in their original state, or browse the expeditions individually and read transcribed and translated excerpts by clicking on the individual chapters.
This version, published in 2020, includes minor updates to the original 2013 virtual exhibition. PDFs of the virtual exhibition, as well as original scans and transcripts of the Wegener Diaries, can be found at the exhibition’s PDF Depot.
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