Air Temperature Conditions in SW Greenland in the Period 1806–1813
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Abstract
In this paper, we present preliminary research findings on the thermal conditions of southwestern Greenland (based on data from Godthåb [now Nuuk]) for the period from 1 November 1806 to 16 August 1813 (Fig. 1).As part of the ongoing NCN research project titled "Reconstructions of climatic and bioclimatic conditions in Greenland and Labrador/Nunatsiavut ca.1770 to 1939 from Moravian Missionary observations (MORCLIM)", we discovered a handwritten manuscript (MA/154) in the archives of the Royal Society in London containing previously unknown meteorological measurements from Godthåb for the aforementioned period (Fig. 2).The meteorological observations were carried out by the German mineralogist Dr. Charles Lewis Giesecke (born Johann Georg Metzler [1761-1833]) (Fig. 3), or at least this is what the title page of the manuscript and the Royal Society catalogue describing the source suggests.However, given the numerous biographical accounts of his stay in Greenland (e.g., Monaghan 1993; Jørgensen 1996; Wyse Jackson 1996; Whittaker 2001), there is some doubt as to whether he conducted the meteorological observations alone.During that time, he undertook numerous research expeditions along the south-western coast of Greenland, from Upernavik in the north to Cape Farewell in the south.The purpose of these expeditions was geological research, particularly the collection of minerals.Someone must have been assisting him with the meteorological measurements, given that, over the six-year period (August 1807 -July 1813), there exists an almost complete series of observations taken three times a day (morning, midday, and evening).It is possible that the Moravian missionaries present in the area, who had extensive experience in conducting meteorological observations (Przybylak et al. 2024), were involved.Another possibility is that Giesecke conducted all his geological research during the first year of his stay in Greenland (as he had originally planned), and that, unable to return to Denmark due to the outbreak and continuation of the Napoleonic Wars (Whittaker 2001), he
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