CHAQ2020 - Seymour Island - Spatial data

SND-ID: 2020-150-1. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/s72b-1486

Is part of collection at SND: CHAQ 2020 - Cultural Heritage Antarctica

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Gunnar Almevik - University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation orcid

Jonathan Westin - University of Gothenburg, Centre for Digital Humanities orcid

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - Centre for Digital Humanities rorId

Description

The first Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903), led by Otto Nordenskjöld, sailed to Antarctica on the ship Antarctic captained by CA Larsen, and established a research station on Snow Hill Island. There six members overwintered and performed paleontological, meteorological, geomagnetic and geological studies, while the rest of the expedition set sail for South Orkney.

After the winter, on the way back to Snow Hill Island, the Antarctic got stuck in the ice and sank. At this point, the expedition members were divided into three groups. One of these overwintered an extra year on Snow Hill Island, whereas the other two groups were forced to build stone huts in order to overwinter at Hope Bay and Paulet Island. An Argentinean vessel, the Corbeta Uruguay, rescued the expedition in November 1903.

CHAQ 2020 is an Argentinean-Swedish project with fieldwork in the area around the Antarctic Peninsula aiming to investigating and documenting the historical remains of the first Swedish South Polar expedition under the leadership of Otto Nordenskjöld 1901-1903. The material was collected in January an

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The first Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903), led by Otto Nordenskjöld, sailed to Antarctica on the ship Antarctic captained by CA Larsen, and established a research station on Snow Hill Island. There six members overwintered and performed paleontological, meteorological, geomagnetic and geological studies, while the rest of the expedition set sail for South Orkney.

After the winter, on the way back to Snow Hill Island, the Antarctic got stuck in the ice and sank. At this point, the expedition members were divided into three groups. One of these overwintered an extra year on Snow Hill Island, whereas the other two groups were forced to build stone huts in order to overwinter at Hope Bay and Paulet Island. An Argentinean vessel, the Corbeta Uruguay, rescued the expedition in November 1903.

CHAQ 2020 is an Argentinean-Swedish project with fieldwork in the area around the Antarctic Peninsula aiming to investigating and documenting the historical remains of the first Swedish South Polar expedition under the leadership of Otto Nordenskjöld 1901-1903. The material was collected in January and February 2020.

This catalogue entry collects the spatial data from Seymour Island, which include point clouds and textured meshes produced through structure-from-motion photography.

The 3d documentation of the four historical remains consists of structure-from-motion photography with a Fujifilm X-T2. As the remains of the boat were fragile and therefore difficult to stage in a way that prevented morphological changes between the two necessary photo sessions (thus preventing a merging of the two sides), the remains are published as two separate models; exterior and interior. The result is published as five point clouds and five textured meshes. Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Time period(s) investigated

20th century – 21th century

1902-01-01 – 2020-02-10

Data format / data structure

Type of archaeological investigation

Watching brief, Archaeological field evaluation, Planning basis

Data collection
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Antarctica

Geographic description: The documentation was gathered at Snow Hill Island, Seymour Island (Marambio), and Hope Bay.

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Centre for Digital Humanities

Contributor(s)

Dag Avango - Luleå University of Technology, Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Division of Social Sciences orcid

Kati Lindström - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Philosophy and History, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment orcid

KTH Royal Institute of Technology rorId

Swedish National Heritage Board rorId

University of Gothenburg rorId

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Dag Avango - Luleå University of Technology, Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Division of Social Sciences orcid

Kati Lindström - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Philosophy and History, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment orcid

KTH Royal Institute of Technology rorId

Swedish National Heritage Board rorId

University of Gothenburg rorId

Luleå University of Technology rorId

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Commissioning organisation

Swedish National Heritage Board

Topic and keywords

Research area

History and archaeology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Publications

Almevik, G., Avango, D., Contissa, V., Fontana, P., Lindström, K., & Westin, J. (2021). Built cultural heritage in Antarctica : remains and uses of the first Swedish SouthPolar expedition 1901–1903. Riksantikvarieämbetet. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:raa:diva-6230
URN: urn:nbn:se:raa:diva-6230
ISBN: 978-91-7209-891-6

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Published: 2021-03-02
Last updated: 2021-09-02