The station was built in 1932 by John Giæver's expedition, about 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of the mouth of Ardencaple Fjord. It was named "Jónsbú" after Norwegian journalist John Schjelderup Giæver (1901–1970), who lived as a hunter and trapper in East Greenland from 1929 to 1934. The station had also been known as "Norsk Petersbugt Station".[4]
The original station was burnt down in August 1943 during World War II in an attack by Greenland Patrol ship USCGC Northland. The ship destroyed the station in order to prevent its facilities from being used by the military of the Third Reich.[4]
In 1948, well after the end of the war, the new Jónsbú Station was built in a new location south of Peters Bay, on the other side of Ardencaple Fjord by the mouth of Kildedal at 75°14.8′N20°52.6′W / 75.2467°N 20.8767°W / 75.2467; -20.8767. In order to differentiate the two huts, the ruin of the old station is also known as "Gamle Jonsbu" (Old Jonsbu) —although the name "Jónsbú Station" is still officially applied to it— and the new one as "Ny Jonsbu".
Bibliography
Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008
Frode Skarstein, “A cursed affair”—how a Norwegian expedition to Greenland became the USA’s first maritime capture in World War II. Norwegian Polar Institute,
jonsbu, norwegian, hunting, radio, station, radio, located, coast, eastern, greenland, present, king, christian, land, jónsbú, norsk, petersbugt, stationmap, greenland, showing, location, jónsbú, station, within, erik, land, jónsbúlocation, within, greenlandco. Jonsbu was a Norwegian hunting and radio station Jonsbu Radio LMW 1 located on the coast of Eastern Greenland in present day King Christian X Land 2 Jonsbu Norsk Petersbugt StationMap of Greenland showing location of Jonsbu Station within Erik the Red s Land JonsbuLocation within GreenlandCoordinates 75 19 23 N 20 22 24 W 75 32306 N 20 37333 W 75 32306 20 37333StateDenmarkConstituent countryGreenlandZoneNE Greenland National ParkBuilt1932Population 2019 Total0Time zoneUTC 01Administratively the area where the hut stood belongs now to the Northeast Greenland National Park The site is located in southern Hochstetter Foreland on the western side of Peters Bay northeast of the mouth of Ardencaple Fjord about 15 km 9 3 mi from Cape Klinkerfues 3 Contents 1 History 2 Bibliography 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditSee also Greenland in World War II The station was built in 1932 by John Giaever s expedition about 15 km 9 3 mi northeast of the mouth of Ardencaple Fjord It was named Jonsbu after Norwegian journalist John Schjelderup Giaever 1901 1970 who lived as a hunter and trapper in East Greenland from 1929 to 1934 The station had also been known as Norsk Petersbugt Station 4 Together with Myggbukta as well as Storfjord Torgilsbu and Finnsbu further south Jonsbu became part of the Norwegian contribution to the International Polar Year 1932 33 4 The original station was burnt down in August 1943 during World War II in an attack by Greenland Patrol ship USCGC Northland The ship destroyed the station in order to prevent its facilities from being used by the military of the Third Reich 4 In 1948 well after the end of the war the new Jonsbu Station was built in a new location south of Peters Bay on the other side of Ardencaple Fjord by the mouth of Kildedal at 75 14 8 N 20 52 6 W 75 2467 N 20 8767 W 75 2467 20 8767 In order to differentiate the two huts the ruin of the old station is also known as Gamle Jonsbu Old Jonsbu although the name Jonsbu Station is still officially applied to it and the new one as Ny Jonsbu Bibliography EditSpencer Apollonio Lands That Hold One Spellbound A Story of East Greenland 2008 Frode Skarstein A cursed affair how a Norwegian expedition to Greenland became the USA s first maritime capture in World War II Norwegian Polar Institute See also EditAntarctic Haven Cape Biot MyggbuktaReferences Edit Kystradio Stasjonshistorie Jonsbu Station Mapcarta Retrieved 7 August 2019 Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute p 124 a b c Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland Geological Survey of Denmark Retrieved 7 August 2019 External links EditThe Norwegian trapping cabin of Jonsbu located in Petersbay in eastern Greenland in 1939 The World at War Greenland 1721 1953 This Greenland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jonsbu amp oldid 1091507308, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
