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SUMMARY:Glacial Fractures: An Environmental Art History of Sioqqap Sermia\
 , Greenland - Isabelle Gapp (University of Aberdeen)
DTSTART:20250225T163000Z
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DESCRIPTION:This talk explores the glacial watercolours and scientific dra
 wings made by the Danish geologist Andreas Nicolaus Kornerup of the vast c
 revasses that form the glacier of Sioqqap Sermia (Frederikshåb Isblink) i
 n southwestern Greenland. Carried out as part of an expedition led by J.A.
 D. Jensen onto Sioqqap Sermia in 1878\, these field sketches are of partic
 ular significance not only in beginning to visually describe the geology o
 f the area\, but also in what they indicate about the glacier’s surface.
  Kornerup’s watercolours reveal the intriguing dynamics of glacial movem
 ent\, giving a visceral sense of the glacier’s behaviour and topography.
  Previously used only as illustrations\, these sketches might also indicat
 e an interdisciplinary turn in art historical visual analysis. As such thi
 s talk looks further to the exploratory narratives\, scientific studies\, 
 aesthetics\, and environmental histories of Sioqqap Sermia’s crevasses t
 hat are made visible through Kornerup’s drawings. 
LOCATION:Scott Polar Research Institute\, Lecture Theatre
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