Eismitte was the site of an Arctic expedition in the interior of Greenland that took place from July of 1930 through August of 1931, and claimed the life of noted German scientist Alfred Wegener. The Arctic is the Region around the Earth 's North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat meaning "Land of the Greenlanders" Grønland is a self-governing Danish Province located between the Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Alfred Lothar Wegener ( November 1, 1880 – November 2 or 3 1930 was a German Scientist and Meteorologist.
The name "Eismitte" means Middle of the Ice in German, and the campsite was located 402 kilometers (250 miles) from the coast at an estimated altitude of 3,000 meters (9,843 feet). The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The coldest temperature recorded during the expedition was -64. Temperature is a physical property of a system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold something that is hotter generally has the greater temperature 9°C (-85 °F), while the warmest temperature noted was -2. 8°C (27 °F). For the 12-month period beginning September 1, 1930 and ending August 31, 1931, the warmest month, July, had a mean monthly temperature of -12. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2°C (10°F), while the coldest month, February, averaged -47. 2°C (-53 °F). Over the same period a total of 110 millimeters (4. 33 inches) of water-equivalent precipitation was recorded, with most of it, rather surprisingly, being received in winter. In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric At the latitude of the camp, the sun does not set between May 13 and July 30 each year, and does not rise between November 23 and January 20. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome.
The coordinates of the site were .
Another station in the interior of the ice sheet of Greenland was North Ice. An ice sheet is a mass of Glacier Ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50000 km² (20000 mile²) North Ice was the name of a research station of the British North Greenland Expedition (1952 to 1954 on the inland ice of Greenland.
External links
- Global radiation mesured at station Eismitte by Johannes Georgi (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.604003).
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