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Morten Pedersen Porsild (1 September 1872, Glibstrup near Store Andst – 30 April 1956,
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) was a
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botanist who lived and worked most of his adult life in
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. He participated in expeditions to
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in 1898 and 1902, together with the physiologist
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. In 1906, he founded the Arctic Station in
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, West
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, since 1956 part of the
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. He got support from famous polar researchers like
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, Mylius-Erichsen and Fridtjof Nansen. A private person donated the building and running cost were put directly on the
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state budget. Morten Porsild managed the station for forty years. In 1946, he returned to
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, and was succeeded as station head by
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. He was the father of Alf Erling Porsild, Robert Thorbjørn Porsild, Asta Irmelin "Tulle" Egede and Ove Sten Porsild. Apart from
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, Porsild contributed to
zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...
and ethnography. He also entered
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politics.


Selected works

*Porsild, Morten P. (1910) Hvor opholder den grønlandske laks sig om vinteren (Where does the Greenlandic salmon stay during winter?).
Meddelelser om Grønland ''Meddelelser om Grønland'' ("''Communications on Greenland''") is a Danish scientific periodical which publishes scientific results from all fields of research on Greenland. It was established by Frederik Johnstrup and published as a single ser ...
47. *Porsild, Morten P. (1910) Plant life of Hare Island off the coast of West Greenland.
Meddelelser om Grønland ''Meddelelser om Grønland'' ("''Communications on Greenland''") is a Danish scientific periodical which publishes scientific results from all fields of research on Greenland. It was established by Frederik Johnstrup and published as a single ser ...
47: 251–274. *Porsild, Morten P. (1911) Une arme ancienne de chasse des esquimaux et son analogue de la culture préhistorique de France (An ancient eskimo hunting weapon and its analogue in the prehistoric culture of France).
Meddelelser om Grønland ''Meddelelser om Grønland'' ("''Communications on Greenland''") is a Danish scientific periodical which publishes scientific results from all fields of research on Greenland. It was established by Frederik Johnstrup and published as a single ser ...
47. *Porsild, Morten P. (1914) Studies on the material culture of the Eskimo in West
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.
Meddelelser om Grønland ''Meddelelser om Grønland'' ("''Communications on Greenland''") is a Danish scientific periodical which publishes scientific results from all fields of research on Greenland. It was established by Frederik Johnstrup and published as a single ser ...
51 (5). *Porsild, Morten P. (1915) On the Genus Antennaria in Greenland.
Meddelelser om Grønland ''Meddelelser om Grønland'' ("''Communications on Greenland''") is a Danish scientific periodical which publishes scientific results from all fields of research on Greenland. It was established by Frederik Johnstrup and published as a single ser ...
51: 267–81. *Porsild, Morten P. (1918) Om nogle vestgrønlandske patterdyr og fugle; I-II.
Meddelelser om Grønland ''Meddelelser om Grønland'' ("''Communications on Greenland''") is a Danish scientific periodical which publishes scientific results from all fields of research on Greenland. It was established by Frederik Johnstrup and published as a single ser ...
56 (1918): 29-54 **Part 1 on
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, dogs and
reindeer Reindeer (in North American English, known as caribou if wild and ''reindeer'' if domesticated) are deer in the genus ''Rangifer''. For the last few decades, reindeer were assigned to one species, ''Rangifer tarandus'', with about 10 sub ...
, Part 2 on the narwhal.
Porsild, Morten P. (1918) On "Savssats": A crowding of Arctic animals at holes in the sea ice. Geographical Review 6 (3): 215-228.
*Porsild, Morten P. (1919) Naussut suliarineránut panertíneránutdlo najorĸutagssiaĸ ranslated title: Guide to pressing and drying plants K’eĸertarssuarme, 6 pp. *Porsild, Morten P. (assisted by A. Erling Porsild) (1920) The flora of
Disko Island Disko Island ( kl, Qeqertarsuaq, da, Diskoøen) is a large island in Baffin Bay, off the west coast of Greenland. It has an area of ,Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...
from 66 to 71 n. lat.: with remarks on phytogeography, ecology, flowering, fructification and hibernation.
Meddelelser om Grønland ''Meddelelser om Grønland'' ("''Communications on Greenland''") is a Danish scientific periodical which publishes scientific results from all fields of research on Greenland. It was established by Frederik Johnstrup and published as a single ser ...
58 (1-2) *Porsild, Morten P. (1932) Alien plants and apophytes of Greenland.
Meddelelser om Grønland ''Meddelelser om Grønland'' ("''Communications on Greenland''") is a Danish scientific periodical which publishes scientific results from all fields of research on Greenland. It was established by Frederik Johnstrup and published as a single ser ...
92 (1), 85 pp.


References


External links


Many photographs by M.P. Porsild may be found at "Arktiske Billeder" - use the search function
{{DEFAULTSORT:Porsild, Morten Pedersen 20th-century Danish botanists Danish science writers Danish zoologists Danish ethnographers Botanists active in the Arctic 1956 deaths 1872 births People from Vejen Municipality