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Crossing Greenland: Survival and Exploration with J.P. Koch & Alfred Wegener Paperback – March 2, 2023

by Gudmundur Freyr Ulfarsson (Author), Vigfús Sigurðsson (Author)

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A true story of survival and exploration in a new version of Vigfús Sigurðsson's exciting telling of his expedition with Capt. J. P. Koch, dr. Alfred Wegener and Lars Larsen in one of the most difficult environments in the world during the Danish expedition, 1912–1913, to Queen Louise Land in north-eastern Greenland and across the north Greenland ice sheet to Kangersuatsiaq on the west coast, then called Pröven.

This expedition is unusual because the expeditioners used Icelandic horses to tow sleds with equipment and supplies from the coast to the glacier and across Greenland's ice sheet to the west coast. The expeditioners also took scientific measurements and collected data. Dr. Alfred Wegener had at that time already published his first scientific articles on his famous theory of continental drift.

Vigfús’s story is remarkable because usually expeditions are described from the perspective of the leaders and not regular expeditioners. Vigfús gives readers a special insight into the expedition and the hard struggle the expeditioners waged to survive the journey. The story is very exciting in parts as the expeditioners suffer through harsh weather, rough terrain, along with various setbacks and misfortunes.

Vigfús has a keen eye for nature and his descriptions show this. He describes the behavior of the animals that meet them on the way. It is certain that the horse Kári, the dog Glói and even the little snow bunting, which accompanied them across the glacier, will live on in the memory of readers no less than the expeditioners themselves.

The book begins with a description of the expedition’s training trip in the summer of 1912 across the highlands of Iceland and Vatnajökull glacier, from Akureyri in north Iceland to the south coast and back. Following is the description of the sailing in late summer with several Icelandic horses, heavy cargo of equipment and supplies to Danmarkshavn on the north-east coast of Greenland. Next, Vigfús describes the difficult journey of transporting the equipment and supplies with the help of the horses to the glacier and their wintering on the ice. In the spring of 1913, the expedition finally reaches the Greenland ice sheet and begins the crossing. The journey proves difficult and the last part, from the glacier to the destination village on the west coast, pushes their endurance and perseverance to its limits.

The book concludes with a new section that briefly describes the life of Vigfús’s family back home in Iceland and mentions Vigfús’s last two trips to Greenland. The book contains photographs from the expedition, pictures of maps from the original version and new endnotes with information. A link to a webpage with additional photographs from the expedition is provided. The ebook contains links to websites with more information and to a website with satellite images of the areas which the expedition travels through.