Thomas William Garde

Thomas William Garde (1859- ? ) was a Danish naval officer, distinguished for his explorations in Greenland. With Holm he thoroughly explored the coast of southeast Greenland in 1883-85, by boat journeys from Cape Farewell. Garde explored Lindenows Fjord, 62° 15' N., where have been found the Scandinavian ruins on the east coast. Wintering at Nanortalik, he discovered between that place and Cape Farewell 200 live glaciers, of which 70 had a sea face more than a mile (1.61 km) wide. During his surveys of the Julianahaab district, southwest of Greenland, in 1893, he made a long journey over the Greenland ice cap, which proved to be of unsuspected height. In his trip of 13 days he traveled 180 miles (290 km) across the ice and reached an elevation of more than 8000 feet (2438 m). He was awarded the Roquette medal by the Société de Géographie of Paris. He became a commander in the Royal navy, chief of staff, and from 1908 to 1911 was Assistant to the Minister of the Navy. Garde's narratives of his explorations appeared in "Meddelelser om Grønland", ix, xvi (50 volumes, Copenhagen, 1876-1912)

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