Accession[1988.0160] Papers of Fritz Philipp LoeweIdentifierUMA-ITE-1988016000078Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentGroup of people including Fritz Loewe at front, turning to face the camera, sitting around a small table having tea. The group is seated outside the Western station on the Umanak Fjord. In 1929 Loewe accompanied Professor Alfred Wegener, pioneer of continental-drift theory, on his last Greenland expedition July 1930-August 1931. Wegener immediately set about organizing a trial expedition for the summer of 1929 to select a site for the western station and a route onto the inland ice. A site at the head of Umanak Fjord near 71°N was selected for the western station. Inscription: "(illegible) Umanak Sommer 1929". Names of people are Indentified however some are illegible. People include, Sorge, Wegener, Loewe, Kruger, Christianson and Koppel.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnit1988.0020 Unit 0079Conditions of Use and ReproductionThis image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission of University of Melbourne Archives. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online
Loewe, Fritz P., Members of the Wegener's trial expedition. (1929), [UMA-ITE-1988016000078]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 04/04/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/265546
