Thomas Vilhelm Garde
Thomas Garde | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 October 1859 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 24 June 1926 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Allegiance |  Denmark |
| Service/ |  Royal Danish Navy |
| Years of service | 1877 - 1921 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Awards | Service Medal Order of the Dannebrog |
Thomas Vilhelm Garde (22 October 1859 – 24 June 1926) was a
Garde became a
Explorations
Garde was junior leader of the Umiak Expedition of 1883-85 led by Gustav Holm. They thoroughly explored the coast of southeast Greenland, by journeys from Cape Farewell using umiak boats. Garde explored Lindenow Fjord (62° 15' N), where have been found the Scandinavian ruins on the east coast. Wintering at Nanortalik, he discovered between there and Cape Farewell 200 live glaciers, of which 70 had a sea face more than a mile (1.61 km) wide. During his 1893 surveys of the Julianehaab district in the southwest of Greenland, he made a long journey over the Greenland ice cap, which proved to be of unsuspected height. In his trip of 13 days he traveled 180 miles (290 km) across the ice and reached an elevation of more than 8000 feet (2438 m). He was awarded the Roquette medal by the Société de Géographie of Paris.
In 1897, he led the
Works
- Meddelelser om Grønland (50 vol. 1876–1912)
- Beretning Om Konebaads-Expeditionen Til Grønlands Østkyst (with Gustav Holm) (1889)
- Beskrivelse Af Expeditionen Til Sydvestgrønland (1893)
- Un été au Groenland (in French) (1895)
- Vindkort over den nordligste Del af Atlanterhavet og Davis-Stræde konstruerede paa Grundlag af Observationer tilhørende det Danske Meteorologiske Institut (1900)
- Windcharts of the Northernmost Part of the Atlantic and of Davis-Strait constructed on the Basis of Observations belonging to the Danish Meteorological Institute (1900)
Honours
The
- Order of the Dannebrog; Commander 1st Class (1919)
- Danish Service medal in gold (1921)
See also
Notes
- ^ [1] Danish Royal Navy biography
- ^ Garde, T.V. (1900). Windcharts of the Northernmost Part of the Atlantic and of Davis-Strait constructed on the Basis of Observations belonging to the Danish Meteorological Institute. Copenhagen.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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