The Three-year Expedition ( da, Treårsekspeditionen) was an exploratory expedition to

East Greenland Tunu, originally Østgrønland ("East Greenland"), was one of the three counties (''amter'') of Greenland until 31 December 2008. The county seat was at the main settlement, Tasiilaq. The county's population in 2005 was around 3,800. The county ...

that lasted from 1931 to 1934 financed by the

Carlsberg Foundation Carlsberg Foundation ( da, Carlsbergfondet) was founded by J. C. Jacobsen in 1876, by allocating some of his shares in the Carlsberg Brewery to fund and operate the Carlsberg Laboratory and the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Palace. ...

and the Danish state. The expedition included aerial surveys. Many geographic features in East Greenland were mapped and named during the expedition.

Eskimonaes Clavering Island ( da, Clavering Ø) is a large island in eastern Greenland off Gael Hamke Bay, to the south of Wollaston Foreland. The Eskimonaes ''(Eskimonæs)'' radio and weather station was on this island. It was staffed by Danish scientists ...

station was used as a wintering base by the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland.

History

The expedition was led by

Lauge Koch Lauge Koch (5 July 1892 – 5 June 1964) was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer. Biography Lauge Koch was born in 1892 to Karl and Elisabeth Koch. His development as a scientist was greatly influenced by his father's second cousin Johan Pet ...

. The other participants were Danish and Swedish geographers, geologists, archaeologists, zoologists and botanists:

Paul Gelting Paul Emil Elliot Gelting (30 March 1905 – 18 February 1964) was a Danish ecologist, botanist and lichenologist. He was associate professor at the University of Copenhagen and particularly active in Greenland. Gelting participated in the Three- ...

Gunnar Seidenfaden Gunnar Seidenfaden (1908 – February 9, 2001) was a Danish diplomat and botanist. He was Danish ambassador in Thailand 1955–1959, and in the U.S.S.R. 1959–1961. He was an expert on Southeast Asia Orchidaceae. He published several multi-volum ...

Thorvald Sørensen Thorvald (Thorwald) Julius Sørensen (4 July 1902 – 21 June 1973) was a Danish botanist and evolutionary biologist. Biography Sørensen was professor at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University 1953–1955 and at the University of Co ...

, Steen Hasselbach, Helge G. Backlund, Gunnar Thorson,

Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh (31 January 1910 – 8 June 1948) was a Swedish palaeontologist and geologist. Säve-Söderbergh was born at Falun, the son of the neurologist Gotthard Söderbergh and Inga Säve. He passed his G.C.E. at Gothenburg i ...

Helge Larsen Helge Larsen (1915–2000) was a Danish politician. He was a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party and served as the minister of education between 1968 and 1971. Early life and education Larsen was born on 25 April 1915 in Vester Åby. He ...

, Thyge Johansen, L. Bruhn, H. Heinrich Nielsen and N. V. Petersen. The expedition vessels were ''Godthaab'' and ''Gustav Holm''.Koch, Lauge (1933) The Danish Three-Year Expedition to King Christian X Land. Geographical Review 23 (4): 599-607
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Bibliography

* Thorson, G., ed. (1937) Med treaarsekspeditionen til Christian X's land. Af deltagere i ekspeditionen. København, Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag. * Seidenfaden, G. (1938) ''Moderne Arktisk Forskning'', Copenhagen. English edition 1939, ''Modern Arctic Exploration'', with a preface by Peter Freuchen, translated by Naomi Walford.

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{{reflist Exploration of the Arctic Arctic expeditions 1931 in Greenland 1932 in Greenland 1933 in Greenland 1934 in Greenland 20th century in Greenland Expeditions from Denmark Expeditions from Sweden 20th century in the Arctic 20th century in the Danish colonial empire

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