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25-772: The fjord was named by the East-Greenland Coast Expedition led by Georg Carl Amdrup in 1900. Currently drilling explorations are being carried out for the possible exploitation of gold , palladium and platinum in the Kangerlussuaq area. The eastern coast of Greenland was inhabited by Paleo-Eskimo people 4000 years ago and the Kangerlussuaq Fjord was likely visited by hunters. A quartz hand scraper found in Cape Irminger —24 km east of Cape Hammer— proves that

50-465: A small boat Aggas that navigated through the ice belt in the polar stream and mapped an uncharted route. During the 730 kilometres (450 mi) part of the expedition in Aggas , a 5.6 metres (18 ft) long, 1.4 metres (4 ft 7 in) wide open boat that carried Amdrup, three others including Ejnar Mikkelsen , plus 1,659 kilograms (3,657 lb) of supplies, Amdrup found a dwelling containing

75-481: Is also named for him. Also named on his behalf is Leptognathia amdrupii , which was considered for transfer to the genus Chauliopleona by 2000 and transferred to Chauliopleona amdrupii by 2005. Lemon Range The Lemon Range or Lemon Mountains ( Danish : Lemon Bjerge ) is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land , eastern Greenland . Administratively this range is part of

100-695: The British Arctic Air Route Expedition is especially well-known. Tundra climate prevails in the region of the fjord. The average annual temperature in the Kangerlussuaq Fjord area is -11 °C . The warmest month is July when the average temperature rises to 2 °C, and the coldest is March, with -18 °C. East-Greenland Coast Expedition Vice Admiral Sir Georg Carl Amdrup (November 19, 1866 in Copenhagen , Denmark – January 15, 1947 in Copenhagen), RN

125-521: The Lemon Range to the east of the fjord. The Crown Prince Frederick Range stretches southwestwards to the southwest of the fjord. The area around Kangerlussuaq has been known for its unique geology since the 1930s regarding the many intrusions where magma from the Earth's interior has been forced into the Earth's crust. The Skaergaard intrusion that was discovered by Lawrence Wager in 1931 during

150-785: The Sermersooq Municipality. The range was named by Gino Watkins after Captain Percy Lemon (1898–1932) of the Royal Corps of Signals , a member of the 1930-31 British Arctic Air Route Expedition led by Watkins. Although not as high as the Watkins Range to the east or the Lindbergh Range to the northeast, the Lemon Range has become a popular place among climbers because it has some of

175-634: The Watkins Fjord further south. The area of the range is uninhabited. Besides the Courtauld Glacier and Frederiksborg Glacier that limit the range, the following glaciers lie within the boundaries of the Lemon Mountains: Polar climate prevails in the region. The average annual temperature in the area of the Lemon Range is -14 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches -2 °C and

200-437: The vessel Godthaab , and reaching Amassalik ("Angmagssalik") on 31 August. The purpose of the expedition was to identify and examine the then completely unexplored stretch of coast between the 66th parallel north and Scoresbysund at about 70th parallel north . The following year, they traveled the coast north to 67° 22' North, establishing several depots to use for future travel north. During this expedition, Amdrup found

225-549: The Atlantic Ocean. The Nordfjord, Courtauld Fjord, Amdrup Fjord (Atterteq) and Watkins Fjord (Torsukattak) are smaller side fjords within the Kangerlussuaq Fjord system. Kraemer Island lies at the entrance of Watkins Fjord, separated from the Skaergaard intrusion on the northern shore of Kangerlussuaq Fjord by the narrow Uttental Sund. Kangerlussuaq Fjord is a deep fjord with strong and dangerous currents. Near

250-574: The Scoresbysund Committee led by Ejnar Mikkelsen in 1932. On the occasion of the Second International Polar Year in 1932 a Norwegian weather and radio station named "Storfjord/LMR" began operations at Mud Bay (Mudderbugten) on the southwest side of Kangerlussuaq Fjord. The station ceased operations in 1933. In 1945 there was a hunters colony near the mouth of the fjord and a US run weather station

275-594: The fjord's entrance its sides widen, forming an impressive bay surrounded by towering cliffs and high mountains, such as the 1,660 m high Batbjerg to the northwest and the mountainous upland of the Nordfjord Plateau to the northeast. The Redekammen and the Kangerlussuaq Tinde are nunataks located to the west, the Prince of Wales Range (Prinsen af Wales Bjerge) is located to the north and

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300-492: The furthest north of this survey. Lieutenant Amdrup was the leader of a major Danish expedition in 1898-1900, the Carlsberg Foundation Expedition to East Greenland (Carlsbergfondet Expedition til Ost-Gronland). With him were botanist Christian Krause, ornithologist Knud Poulsen, and the sailors, A. Jakobsen and Soren P. Nielsen. They left Copenhagen on August 16, 1898, sailing from Copenhagen in

325-524: The region was visited at least 2000 years ago. Inuit lived in the area between the late 13th century and the early 19th century. Remains of Inuit dwellings were found in 1900 when the first Europeans reached this remote fjord during Georg Amdrup 's East-Greenland Coast Expedition . However, the first archaeological excavations on the Skaergaard intrusion were carried out by members of the Second East-Greenland Expedition of

350-496: The remains of 38 bodies, from which he inferred that Inuit had been trying to colonize the area. Amdrup and his men were even accused of killing the 38 people, but it was later ascertained that they had starved to death. Having established the fact that there were no other Eskimos on the eastern side of the island other than are known to the Danish missionaries, Amdrup's skeleton find was unusual. Amdrup and his men were picked up by

375-467: The remains of a small, extinct Eskimo settlement. From this find, he brought to Denmark in 1899 a significant ethnographic collection. In 1899, Alfred Gabriel Nathorst sold the Antarctic to Amdrup. On June 15, 1900, Amdrup took an 11-man expedition to East Greenland. This expedition, which cartographer Johan Peter Koch joined, was also known as the ' Carlsberg Foundation Expedition'. The survey

400-465: The ship Antarctic at Amassalik in September and he returned to Denmark on October 4, with significant collections of botanical, geological, and zoological, specimens. Part of the natural history collection that Amdrup brought back included a live musk ox and ten lemming . He published the expedition results in the "Notice of Grønland", XXVII-XXIX. Swedish and English expeditions that were ongoing at

425-604: The southeastern coast of Greenland. Its waters are fed by the huge Kangerlussuaq Glacier , the largest glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet , among other not so large active glaciers such as the Hutchinson Glacier near its southern entrance. The fjord stretches inland in a roughly NW direction and its mouth is located between Cape Deichmann and Cape Hammer in the Denmark Strait area of

450-639: The steepest rock peaks in Greenland and the quality of the granite is good. A number of the main summits of the range were climbed for the first time by Chris Bonington in the 1990s. The Lemon Range is an up to 2,500 m high mountain massif made up of nunataks . It is located among the glaciers east of Courtauld Glacier which has its terminus in the Cortauld Fjord , an arm of Kangerlussuaq Fjord, East Greenland , and west of Frederiksborg Glacier which flows roughly southwards with its terminus in

475-595: The story of the 'Alabama' expedition , 1909-1912 to Amdrup. Amdrup Land ( 80°54′58″N 16°34′59″W  /  80.916°N 16.583°W  / 80.916; -16.583  ( Amdrup Land ) ) in northeastern Greenland was named after him by the Denmark expedition . Another landform named in his honor is Amdrup Fjord 68°12′58″N 32°19′59″W  /  68.216°N 32.333°W  / 68.216; -32.333  ( Amdrup Fjord ) . The Shipbuilding & Engineering Company's ship G.C. Amdrup

500-479: The time did not report the considerable progress that the Danish expedition under Amdrup was able to show. From 1905, Amdrup worked as an Adjutant to his friend, Prince Valdemar of Denmark . He was a member of the Committee for the Denmark expedition to Greenland's northeast coast 1906-1908, and, as the expedition historian, Amdrup wrote the expedition history in the "Notice of Grønland", XLI. In 1913, he

525-582: Was a Danish naval officer, Vice Admiral and Greenland researcher. In 1884, Amdrup, of the Royal Danish Navy, was sent to Amassalik . After wintering, he explored the coast to the north, including an examination of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord , known until then only from Inuit reports. He mapped a large length of coastline while collecting many geological and ethnological finds. By July 1885, he reached Aggas Island (67° 22' North),

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550-546: Was appointed to the Greenland Commission, (1931: Commission for scientific studies in Greenland) of which he was chairman from 1930 until 1931. In 1937, he took over the publication of Meddelelser om Grønland . He was a member of the editorial board of "Grønland in tohundredåret for Hans Egede's Land". Amdrup was promoted to the rank of commander in 1916. In 1925, he was promoted to rear admiral in 1925, and

575-595: Was established on the Skaergaard intrusion. The weather station was moved in 1949 to North Apulileeq (Nordre Aputiteq) island, located about 45 km to the southwest off Cape Edvard Holm . This fjord is located in King Christian IX Land , roughly midway between Scoresby Sound and the Sermilik Fjord and marks the southern limit of the Blosseville Coast . It is the second-largest fjord in

600-920: Was the Commander of the Niels Iuel . From 1927, he was Vice Admiral Sir Georg Amdrup. At the winter 1900-01 meeting of the Royal Danish Geographical Society held in the Copenhagen Concert Hall , Amdrup was honored with a Medal of Merit in gold . He also received other medals from several foreign geographical societies, including the Royal Geographical Society in 1902, and the Royal Geographical Society's Back grant. In 1913, Mikkelsen dedicated his book, Being

625-477: Was to explore the coast between Cape Brewster and Aggas Island . They arrived at Little Pendulum Island , before continuing to Cape Dalton (69°25 N) in mid July where they divided into two parties. While the expedition's second in command, Nikolaj Hartz , stayed with the Antarctic and examined the country up to Scoresbysund and fjords to the north, Amdrup endured great hardship and dangers further south in

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