{"id":1988,"date":"2017-09-25T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/crocker-land-expedition\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2017-10-12T19:13:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T19:13:18","slug":"walter-e-ekblaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/crocker-land-expedition\/journals\/walter-e-ekblaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter E. Ekblaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

See the full finding aid of journals and records available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Journals<\/h5>\n

Crocker Land Journal; G<\/a>
\nJuly 1 \u2013 December 4 1913.
\nJournal entries describing the first months of the expedition.<\/p>\n

Personal Diary, September \u2013 November 1913, scattered entries into 1914<\/a>
\nA three-ring binder with a diary kept as a letter to Ekblaw\u2019s fianc\u00e9e Augusta May. Includes humorous descriptions and sketches.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 10 December-January 1913-1914<\/a>
\nDecember 6, 1913 \u2013 January 25, 1914.
\nIncludes description of preparations for the Crocker Land trip and Ekblaw\u2019s visit with Knud Rasmussen to examine a meteorite.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 2 Crockerland Trip<\/a>
\nFebruary \u2013 March, 1914.
\nFirst, failed attempt to reach Crocker Land.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 4 Summer 1914<\/a>
\nApril 26 \u2013 August 11, 1914.
\nDescribing summer research at Umanak.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 3 Miscellaneous Botany<\/a>
\nAugust 17 \u2013 20, 1914.
\nTrip to Sutherland Island and Hayes Harbor.
\nAugust 22, 1914.
\nAttempted trip by motorboat to Cape Sabine and Flagler Fjord.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 6 Winter 1914-1915<\/a>
\nNovember \u2013 December 1914, February 1915.
\nIncludes a trip to Umanak in November and a trip to Petorawik in February.<\/p>\n

Ellesmere and Grinnell Land Trip, 1915<\/a>
\nSmall notebook compiled to be a reference for the Ellesmere Island trip. Includes MacMillan\u2019s letter of instruction, various maps, records of distances traveled and time taken to do so, and other notes.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook with notes on Ellesmere Island Trip Book I<\/a>
\nMarch 24 \u2013 April 24 1915.
\nThe first month of Ekblaw\u2019s trip across Ellesmere Island.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook<\/a>
\nApril 26 \u2013 May 22 1915.
\nSecond part of Ekblaw\u2019s Ellesmere Island trip.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 5 Ellesmere Island Trip, March-June 1915 Book III<\/a>
\nMay 22 \u2013 June 16, 1915.
\nDescribes events of the last part of his sledging journey to Ellesmere Island, from near Lake Hazen to Etah.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 66 November 19-23 1915<\/a>
\nA brief trip with Mene (Minik) with a detailed description of Branch Glacier<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No 46 Field Diary April 3-June 13 [1916]<\/a>
\nJournal entries describing life at Umanak in the spring of 1916, including Capt. Comer\u2019s archaeological work.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 64 Field diary II 1916 June 13 \u2013 September 23<\/a>
\nJournal entries for the summer of 1916 at Umanak, including plans for a trip south.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 62 Umanak, Thule references, Summer 1916<\/a>
\nInventories of supplies at Umanak in the summer of 1916, also a list of record albums given to Ootah.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 35 Geology September 24 1916 \u2013 January 14, 1917<\/a>
\nSeptember 24 1916 \u2013 January 14, 1917.
\nIncludes the trip from Smith Sound to Upernavik.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No 31 Geology Accessions January 15 \u2013 May 23, 1917<\/a>
\nList of geological specimens, followed by journal entries for early 1917, when Ekblaw was in Upernavik and environs.<\/p>\n

Diary, May 24 \u2013 August 22 1917<\/a>
\nJournal entries for the last months of Ekblaw\u2019s time in Greenland, including the arrival of the Neptune to pick him up.<\/p>\n

Travelogue, 1917-1917<\/a>
\nNotes regarding trip south, including inventory of books and equipment at Upernavik.<\/p>\n

Daylogue for all Years, 1916-1918<\/a>
\nUsed in 1916, 1917, and 1918, with entries for each year written in a different color. Brief entries for most days 1916, less frequently in subsequent years.<\/p>\n

Address Book 1912<\/a>
\nAddress book with notes on letters sent<\/p>\n

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Scientific Notes<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 33 Botany<\/a>
\nDescriptions of locations where soil samples taken and discussion of environmental conditions at various location and their effect on soils.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 1 Botany accessions<\/a>
\nList of botany accessions with date collected, environmental conditions, and location (most from Etah)<\/p>\n

Botany field notes from the Crocker Land Expedition<\/a>
\nDetailed notes about botanical studies at Umanak in the summer of 1916, including studies of blooming time of plants, distribution of plants in plots in different microenvironments, and a 100m transect from the shore inland.<\/p>\n

Herbarium Statements<\/a>
\nList of numbers and notes corresponding to numbers on herbarium sheets, for Martin Porsild, Danish Arctic Station in Disco. May refer to plant specimens given to Porsild.<\/p>\n

List of Botanical Specimens<\/a>
\nList of plant species with their growing conditions.<\/p>\n

Scientific Observations<\/a>
\nNotes on botanical specimens.<\/p>\n

Geology Notes<\/a>
\nAn early (1911?) notebook compiled as a reference to use in the field.<\/p>\n

Geology and Paleontology<\/a>
\nNotes on the geology of Ellesmere Island, a study of the ice-foot at Etah, notes on geology between Etah and Umanak, and a list of possible geological studies.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 84 Glaciology and Meteorology<\/a>
\nIncludes detailed descriptions and drawings of glaciers<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Journal: I; Meteorology<\/a>
\nVarious weather data, including thermometer readings every four hours during Sept. 18- November 15, 1914, at Etah, and February 24 \u2013 March 30 1916, at North Star Bay. Also includes ice thickness measurements, calculations of mean temperatures and other observations.<\/p>\n

Ornithology, Summer 1916, Thule<\/a>
\nDetailed notes on birds observed at Umanak in the summer of 1916.<\/p>\n

Ornithology field notes from Crocker Land Expedition<\/a>
\nBegins with notes from a minerology class. Ornithology records begin on p. 7. Detailed notes on bird sightings, banded birds, collecting specimens, including finding the first nest of the red knot.<\/p>\n

Ornithology, South Upernavik, 1917<\/a>
\nNotes on birds observed in the spring of 1917, at Upernavik.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook no. 72 Ornithology<\/a>
\nLists of bird species observed, with notes on little auks.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook no. 61 Vocabulary<\/a>
\nList of English and Inuktun works, inventory lists, and a description of Inuit life.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 45 Boxes of Specimens MCT<\/a>
\nLists of specimens, many packed into re-purposed dog biscuit boxes.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 8 Miscellaneous Data, Library, Photographs<\/a>
\nIncludes a list of photographs taken.<\/p>\n

Crocker Land Field notebook No. 18 Equipment<\/a>
\nNotes on equipment needed for Arctic expeditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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