Two British Expeditions to Ubekendt Island, West Greenland

Abstract

THE motive directly responsible for the organization of two British expeditions, the Cambridge West Greenland Expedition, 1938, and the St. Andrews University West Greenland Expedition, 1939, to West Greenland, was the inviting geological problems of Ubekendt Island (see Fig. 1) first encountered in 1937¹. It was clear to me that apart from geological research, other work could also be undertaken in the same area, and that a party with a varied programme would offer, among other things, the further intrinsic interest of an ‘expedition’, the successful organization and conduction of which is in direct relation to the best working conditions and congenial cooperation. It is, in itself, a real problem in a non-scieritific sphere.