Field Notes, Robert A. Bartlett, Greenland Expedition, 1940

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Field Notes, Robert A. Bartlett, Greenland Expedition, 1940

1940

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/fbr_item_modsi2163

The notebook of Robert A. Bartlett was written during the Greenland Expedition, 1940 [Bartlett Arctic Expeditions (1928-1947)]. Entries are organized by specimen number. There is a introductory description of some destinations, terrain and vegetation observed. Entries include type (common name, sometimes quite general like marine life), location, latitude and longitude, date, collector, and sometimes environment information like elevation or method of collection, especially in relation to dredging. Specimens collected include plants, marine life, plankton, birds, flowers, and seals. Locations include the vicinity of Turnavik, Labrador; Melville Bay [Melville Bugt], Robertson bay, Humbolt Glacier, and Smith Sound.

1 field book

eng, Latn

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 11617760

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tr6qfn (person)

Robert Abram Bartlett (b. August 15, 1875, Brigus, Newfoundland-d. April 28, 1946, New York City), ship captain and Arctic explorer, piloted numerous expeditions to Greenland and locations in the Arctic Circle. He piloted Admiral Peary's vessel Roosevelt during the 1906 attempt to reach the North Pole. Later he was master of schooner Effie M. Morrissey. Beginning in the mid-1920's, he collected zoological specimens for the United States National Museum (USNM) on his many expeditions to the A...