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Fritz Johansen fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1913-1916.

Reference:

R2283-0-6-E, MG30-B165

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98108

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Fritz Johansen fonds
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Date(s):

1913-1916.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a report on Marine Biology for the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1916, n.d. in English; private diaries for the period 19 January 1914 to 31 May 1915 and a diary of reflections and details of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1916; and one letter of V. Stefansson of 24 January 1914, asking him to volunteer for a trip across the ice north of Canada.

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Johansen, Fritz

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Johansen, Fritz : Fritz Johansen was a zoologist and naturalist on the Danish Expedition to Greenland from 1906-1908 under L. Mylius. In 1913, he was employed by the Dept. of Naval Services to serve as oceanologist on the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913. He served with the southern party of scientists on the Expedition from 1913 to 1916. In the 1920's, he was employed by the Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries to undertake marine surveys off Labrador and Hudson Bay. He published a Description of the Country and Vegetation at Port Churchill, Manitoba in 1933.

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General note:

Received from the Arctic Institute of Denmark, Charlottenland, Denmark.

Location of originals note:

The Arctic Institute of Denmark, Charlottenlund, Denmark.

Language note:

Both diaries are in Danish. Translations of the diaries into English were completed by the Multilingual Services Division of the Secretary of State July 1988 and are included with papers.
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Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration - Canadian, 1913-1916 Bilhjalmur Stefansson, 1914

Explorers - Arctic regions, 1913-1916 F. Johanson, [1913-1916]

Canada - Exploring Expeditions - 20th Century, 1913-1916 Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918

Marine biology - Research - Arctic regions, 1913-1916
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1987/0472 MSS

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MG30-B165
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