Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland.

Academic Journal

Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland Bulletin; 2010, Issue 21, p1-368, 366p

The article discusses the exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland. It offers brief summaries of all activities in the northern East Greenland from 2500 BC up to 2010, including pioneer exploration and discovery, commercial activities, early mountaineering, geological mapping, modern scientific investigations and sporting expeditions. It also includes a catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, maps, and glossaries of administrative organizations of Greenland, abbreviations and geographical terms.