The station was established by Johan A. Olsen in 1922, who named the place appropriately, for it is located in one of the worst mosquito-infested areas of Eastern Greenland (Norwegian: mygg). However, on the way back to Norway in 1923, the Norwegian sealer ANNI 1 which had brought the expedition to Greenland in 1922 was crushed in the offshore pack ice and all men on board perished. Thus the station was discontinued after only one year of operation.[3]
In 1924 Myggbukta station was repaired by Gunnar Isachsen and it was manned by the Foldvik expedition in 1926. In 1930 was completely rebuilt and operation was continuous, sending daily weather reports from the site. On 27 June 1931 five Norwegian hunters with Hallvard Devold annexed Erik the Red's Land to Norway from the station, proclaiming:
"In the presence of Eiliv Herdal, Tor Halle, Ingvald Strøm and Søren Richter, the Norwegian flag is now hoisted in Mosquito Bay. And the land between Carlsberg Fjord in the south and Bessel Fjord in the north is occupied in His Majesty King Haakon's name."[4]
Myggbukta thus served as de facto capital of this short-lived Norwegian territory, although sysselman ("Governor") Helge Ingstad overwintered at the more southerly station Antarctic Havn.[3]
myggbukta, meaning, mosquito, norwegian, norwegian, whaling, meteorological, radio, station, radio, located, coast, eastern, greenland, present, king, christian, land, location, within, greenlandcoordinates, 49111, 54056, 49111, 54056statedenmarkconstituent, c. Myggbukta meaning Mosquito Bay in Norwegian was a Norwegian whaling meteorological and radio station Myggbukta Radio LMG 1 located on the coast of Eastern Greenland in present day King Christian X Land MyggbuktaHut at MyggbuktaMyggbuktaLocation within GreenlandCoordinates 73 29 28 N 21 32 26 W 73 49111 N 21 54056 W 73 49111 21 54056StateDenmarkConstituent countryGreenlandZoneNE Greenland National ParkBuilt abandoned1932 1959Population 2019 Total0Time zoneUTC 01Map of Greenland showing location of Myggbukta within Eirik Raudes Land occupied by Norway 1931 1933The site is located at the head of Mackenzie Bay in the area of the isthmus of Hold with Hope 2 Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park Contents 1 History 2 Bibliography 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe station was established by Johan A Olsen in 1922 who named the place appropriately for it is located in one of the worst mosquito infested areas of Eastern Greenland Norwegian mygg However on the way back to Norway in 1923 the Norwegian sealer ANNI 1 which had brought the expedition to Greenland in 1922 was crushed in the offshore pack ice and all men on board perished Thus the station was discontinued after only one year of operation 3 In 1924 Myggbukta station was repaired by Gunnar Isachsen and it was manned by the Foldvik expedition in 1926 In 1930 was completely rebuilt and operation was continuous sending daily weather reports from the site On 27 June 1931 five Norwegian hunters with Hallvard Devold annexed Erik the Red s Land to Norway from the station proclaiming In the presence of Eiliv Herdal Tor Halle Ingvald Strom and Soren Richter the Norwegian flag is now hoisted in Mosquito Bay And the land between Carlsberg Fjord in the south and Bessel Fjord in the north is occupied in His Majesty King Haakon s name 4 Myggbukta thus served as de facto capital of this short lived Norwegian territory although sysselman Governor Helge Ingstad overwintered at the more southerly station Antarctic Havn 3 Together with Jonsbu Station in Hochstetter Foreland as well as Storfjord Torgilsbu and Finnsbu further south 5 Myggbukta became part of the Norwegian contribution to the International Polar Year 1932 33 During World War II in September 1940 patrol boat Fridtjof Nansen of the Free Norwegian Navy destroyed the radio equipment leaving Myggbukta in bad condition The station was rebuilt in the summer of 1946 resuming operation until 1959 when Norwegian state subsidies were withheld forcing the station to close down 3 nbsp Map of Northeastern Greenland nbsp Remains of Myygbukta in 1973Bibliography editSpencer Apollonio Lands That Hold One Spellbound A Story of East Greenland 2008See also editAntarctic Haven Arctic Trading Co References edit Jan S Krogh Nermere beskrivelse av kystradiostasjonene Myggbukta Mapcarta Retrieved 2 August 2019 a b c Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland Geological Survey of Denmark Retrieved 2 August 2019 Aftenposten October 19 2011 Da Norge plantet flagget pa Gronland Recent Norwegian Expeditions to Southeast Greenland Gunnar HornExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Myggbukta at Wikimedia Commons Site with photo of Myggbukta nbsp 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 Myggbukta amp oldid 1116902461, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
