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32-564: 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), the furthest north of this survey. Lieutenant Amdrup

64-435: A tundra climate ( ET ), with long, cold and snowy winters and short, cool drier summers. From time to time, Tasiilaq is affected by piteraqs . On 6 February 1970 the worst piteraq ever documented hit Tasiilaq, causing heavy damage and nearly ruining the town. Tasiilaq is twinned with: Niels Iuel Niels Juel (8 May 1629 – 8 April 1697) was a Danish admiral and naval hero. He served as supreme command of

96-463: A dwelling containing 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

128-439: A local helicopter hub with flights to several villages in the region: Isortoq , Kuummiit , Sermiligaaq , and Tiniteqilaaq . In the summer, the cargo boats of Royal Arctic Line connect Tasiilaq with Kulusuk , providing an ad hoc alternative for the helicopter flights of Air Greenland. In summer main activities involve: ice cave tours, ice climbing , glacier hikes, boat trips, whale watching and kayaking. Tasiilaq has

160-649: A naval officer, and in 1657, he was appointed admiral. He served with distinction during the Dano-Swedish War (1658–60) and took a prominent part in the defence of Copenhagen against the forces of King Charles X of Sweden . During fifteen years of peace, Juel, as admiral of the fleet, labored assiduously to develop and improve the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy , though he bitterly resented the setting over his head in 1663 of Vice-Admiral Cort Adeler (1622–1675), on his return from service to

192-577: 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 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

224-441: 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. Tasiilaq Tasiilaq , formerly Ammassalik or Angmagssalik and King Oscar Haven , is a town on Ammassalik Island in southeastern Greenland , within the municipality of Sermersooq . With 1,985 inhabitants as of 2020, it

256-594: Is located approximately 106 km (66 mi) south of the Arctic Circle , on the southeastern coast of Ammassalik Island , on the shore of a natural harbour in Tasiilaq Fjord , named Kong Oscars Havn by Alfred Gabriel Nathorst in 1883. The fjord is an inlet of the long Ammassalik Fjord emptying into the North Atlantic to the east of the town. The large Sermilik Fjord lies further to

288-454: Is the main location where East Greenlandic is spoken. There are no roads far outside Tasiilaq. The longest is a 3 km (1.9 mi) narrow gravel road to the hydro power plant. Transport to further places is by helicopter or boat. Air Greenland operates helicopter services from Tasiilaq Heliport to neighboring Kulusuk Airport (24 km (15 mi) away), which offers connections to Nuuk , and to Iceland . The heliport serves as

320-456: Is the most populous community on the eastern coast, and the seventh-largest town in Greenland. The Sermilik Station , dedicated to the research of the nearby Mittivakkat Glacier , is located near the town. The people of Saqqaq culture were the first to reach eastern Greenland, arriving from the north, through what is now known as Peary Land and Independence Fjord , to be surpassed by

352-508: The Battle of Møn . On 30 June 1677 he won his greatest victory, in the Battle of Køge Bay southwest of Copenhagen. With 25 ships of the line and 1267 guns, he routed the Swedish admiral Henrik Horn (1618–1693) with 36 ships of the line and 1800 guns. For this great triumph, the reward of superior seamanship and strategy at an early stage of the engagement, Juel's experienced eye told him that

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384-732: The Dano-Norwegian Navy during the late 17th century and oversaw development of the Danish-Norwegian Navy. Niels Juel was born the son of Erik Juel and Sophie Sehested, both of whom were descended from Danish nobility , who lived in Jutland where the father had a career as a local functionary and judge. He was the brother of the diplomat Jens Juel (1631–1700). Niels Juel was born in Christiania (now Oslo ), Norway , where his family sought refuge during

416-472: The Dorset culture . The Norse would have been familiar with the area as the first landmark on the voyage between Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula and Greenland. Thule migrations passed through the area in the fifteenth century, finding the southeastern coast uninhabited. Due to back migrations to the more densely populated western coast, the southeastern coast was deserted for another two hundred years –

448-650: The Republic of Venice during the Turkish wars. In 1675, at the outbreak of the Scanian War , he served at first under Adeler, but on the death of the latter in November 1675, he was appointed to the supreme command. Juel then won a European reputation, and raised Danish sea-power to unprecedented eminence, by the system of naval tactics , which consisted of cutting off a part of the enemy's force and concentrating

480-811: The 1627 invasion of Jutland during the Thirty Years' War , while his father took part in the defense of the country at home. The following year after the occupation had ended, the family was reunited in Jutland. From 1635 to 1642, Juel was brought up by his aunt Karen Sehested (1606–1672) at the Stenalt estate near Randers . In 1647 Juel was enrolled at the Sorø Academy . In 1652, Juel entered Dutch naval service. He served his naval apprenticeship under Dutch Admiral Maarten Tromp (1598–1653) and Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676), taking part in all

512-567: The Danish admiral of cowardice. A few days after the battle of Jasmund, Dutch Admiral Cornelis Tromp (1629–1691) with 17 fresh Danish and Dutch ships of the line, superseded Juel in the supreme command. Juel took a leading part in Cornelis Tromp's great victory off Battle of Öland (1 June 1676), which enabled the Danes to invade Scania unopposed. On 1 June 1677, Juel defeated the Swedish admiral Erik Carlsson Sjöblad (1647–1725) during

544-487: The Danish navy ultimately reached imposing dimensions, especially after Juel became chief of the admiralty in 1683. Juel was married to Margrethe Ulfeldt (1641–1703) in 1661. She was the daughter of nobleman Knud Ulfeldt (1609–1657) and Vibeke Podebusk (1608–1645). She was betrothed to him after her father died when she was 20, he was 30 years old. She gave birth to their four children between 1664 and 1672. In 1674, Juel

576-441: 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 the remains of a small, extinct Eskimo settlement. From this find, he brought to Denmark in 1899

608-706: 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 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

640-617: The major engagements of the First Anglo-Dutch War , a conflict between England and the Dutch Republic . From 1654 to 1656, he attended Admiral Michiel de Ruyter on two trips to the Mediterranean during engagements against North African pirates. During an indisposition at Amsterdam in 1655–1656, he acquired a thorough knowledge of shipbuilding. In 1656, he returned to Copenhagen and entered Danish service as

672-458: The region wasn't settled until late eighteenth century, with the village surviving as the only permanent settlement in the nineteenth century. Population increased however from the 1880s, dispersing over several villages in the area. The permanent settlement was founded in 1894 as a Danish trading station. The town was previously known as Ammassalik (old spelling: Angmagssalik ). The official name change took place in 1997. Alcohol consumption

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704-595: 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

736-553: The supreme command to Juel. In the spring of 1678 Juel put to sea with 84 ships carrying 2,400 cannon, but as the Swedes were no longer had the naval strength to engage such a formidable fleet on the open sea, his operations were limited to blockading the Swedish ports and transporting troops to Rügen . After the Treaty of Lund in 1679, Juel showed himself an administrator and reformer of the first order, and under his energetic supervision

768-476: 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

800-483: The west. With 1,985 inhabitants as of 2020, Tasiilaq is one of the fastest-growing towns in Greenland. The migrants are continuing the trend for population growth. Together with Nuuk , it is the only town in the Sermersooq municipality exhibiting stable growth patterns over the last two decades. The population increased by over 37% relative to the 1990 levels, and by over 18% relative to the 2000 levels. Tasiilaq

832-413: The whole attack on it. He first employed this maneuver at the Battle of Jasmund off Rügen (25 May 1676) when he broke through the enemy's line in close column and cut off five of their ships, despite nightfall prevented him from pursuing them. Juel's operations were considerably hampered at this period by the conduct of his auxiliary, Dutch Lieutenant Admiral Philips van Almonde (1644–1711), who accused

864-403: The wind in the course of the day would shift from S.W. to W. and he took extraordinary risks accordingly; he was made lieutenant admiral general and a privy councillor. This victory, besides permanently crippling the Swedish navy, gave the Danes the self-confidence to become less dependent on their Dutch allies. In the following year Cornelis Tromp was discharged by King Christian V , who gave

896-544: 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

928-463: Was banned by Greenland's self rule authority in Tasiilaq on September 7, 2021, over a two-week period until September 17 following a surge of violence & suicide in the town. Following this prohibition, reports of domestic violence had greatly decreased. Social workers from the town said that "it is only a short term solution, but necessary to put the breaks on alcohol-fueled incidents." Tasiilaq

960-915: 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

992-528: 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 the vessel Godthaab , and reaching Amassalik ("Angmagssalik") on 31 August. The purpose of

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1024-515: Was unusual. Amdrup and his men were picked up by 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

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