LINKS

Various historical and recent TV broadcasts, private video recordings and other film footage about Northeast Greenland and the Sirius dog sled patrol:

  • "Danmark-ekspeditionens hjemkomst" (1908). "Return of the Denmark Expedition 1906-08" (1908). The Denmark Expedition returns home from Greenland and arrives at the Port of Copenhagen on 23 August 1908. Official reception by politicians, relatives and dignitaries. 1 min. Silent film/black and white.
  • "Treårsekspeditionen til Østgrønland 1931-34". "The Three-Year Expedition to East Greenland 1931-34". Mainly footage from the Ella Ø station. The Three-Year Expedition was a Danish polar expedition, led by the Danish geologist and professor Lauge Koch. 44 min. Silent film/black and white.
  • "Med Leo Hansen paa Østgrønland" (1934-36). "With Leo Hansen in East Greenland" (1934-36). Film footage of the nature and wildlife of East Greenland. Leo Hansen talks about his journey to the East Coast of Greenland 1934-1936. 72 min. Sound film/black and white.
  • "Nanok ekspeditionen 1938"."The Nanok Expedition 1938". The ship "Gustav Holm"s trip to East Greenland on one of the so-called 'Nanok expeditions'. Footage from, among others, Loch Fyne, Mønstedhus, Bessel Fjord, Aalborghus. 20 min. Silent film/black and white.
  • "Med Gamma-ekspeditionen til Nordøstgrønland" (1938-39). "With the Gamma expedition to Northeast Greenland" (1938-39). The Danish Northeast Greenland expedition 1938-1939. 18 min. Silent film/black and white.
  • "Nanok ekspeditionen 1939". "Nanok expedition 1939". Footage from the hunting company Nanok's expedition to Northeast Greenland in 1939. From, among others, Tobiasdal (Loch Fyne), Aalborghus, Dove Bugt. 25 min. Silent film/color.
  • "Østkysten". (1941-42). "East Coast". (1941-42). Northeast Greenland's Sled Patrol is based at Eskimonæs on the southernmost tip of Clavering Ø. Also some footage from Myggbukta at the beginning. 17 min. 8 mm film/black and white.
  • "Slædepatruljen". "The Sledge Patrol". The Sledge Patrol's own amateur recordings in Northeast Greenland. (1944-45). Dømannsbugten, Eskimonæs, Daneborg. 15 min. 8mm film/black and white.
  • "Pearyland ekspeditionen ankommer til Zackenberg" (1947). "The Pearyland Expedition Arrives at Zackenberg" (1947). The Danish Pearyland Expedition arrives at Zackenberg in Northeast Greenland. 18 min. Sound film/black and white.
  • "Danmark bag Polarkredsen" (1947). "Denmark behind the Arctic Circle" (1947). Footage from the Danish Peary Land Expedition, which was led by Eigil Knuth and Ebbe Munck. 23 min. Silent film/color.
  • "Vejen mod nord". (1948). "The Road to the North". (1948). The film was shot on the Danish Pearyland Expedition's preparatory journey in the summer of 1947. 11 min. Sound film/black and white.
  • Danmarkshavn 1948. Danmarkshavn 1948. Film about the establishment of the Danmarkshavn Weather Station in the summer of 1948. Filmed by Erik Thielst from Minerva Film. 24 min. Sound film/black and white.
  • "Østgrønland 1956". "East Greenland 1956". Film shot by shipowner Knud Lauritzen. Post-processing and audio dubbing: Klaus Stenderup. ksfilm.dk. 8 mm color film.
  • "Østgrønland 1957"."East Greenland 1957". Film recording: shipowner Knud Lauritzen. Post-processing and audio dubbing: Klaus Stenderup. ksfilm.dk. 8 mm color film.
  • "Østgrønland 1958". "East Greenland 1958". Film recording: shipowner Knud Lauritzen. Post-processing and audio dubbing: Klaus Stenderup. ksfilm.dk. 8 mm color film.
  • A visit in 1958 to the site of the British North Greenland Expedition (1952-54). A video by Siriusman Einar Gade Jørgensen (born '57). 16 min. Sound film /color.
  • "Nella Dan Østgrønland 1970"."Nella Dan East Greenland 1970". Film recording: shipowner Knud Lauritzen. Post-processing and audio dubbing: Klaus Stenderup. ksfilm.dk. 8 mm color film.
  • "To mænd i ødemarken" (1972). "Two Men in the Wilderness" (1972). Shortly before his death in May 1971, at the age of 90, Ejnar Mikkelsen recounts the Alabama expedition of 1909-12 to northeastern Greenland. Jørgen Roos Film (1972). 14 min. Sound film /color.
  • Helge Ingstad (1975). Helge Ingstad (1975). Two programs about the Norwegian adventurer and author Helge Ingstad, who was, among other things, governor of NE Greenland 1932-33. (NRK 1975). 34 + 24 min. TV program/color.
  • Slædepatruljen Sirius.The Sled Patrol Sirius. The film follows Sled Team 5 on their big spring trip in 1968. Jørgen Roos Film (1980). 41 min. Sound film/color.
  • Siriusmand Claus "Tavse" Birkbøll (årg. '73) og Siriuspatruljen. Siriusman  Claus "Tavse" Birkbøll and the Sirius Patrol. The Sirius legend "Tavse" talks about his time and experiences at Sirius. A man who knows the history of Northeast Greenland. 28 min. TV program/color.
  • Forberedelse til slæderejsen (1978). Preparation for the Sled Journey (1978). Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen's Super8 recordings from Daneborg. 19 min. 8 mm color film.
  • Slædehold 2's forårspatrulje (1979). Slædehold 2's spring patrol (1979). Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen's Super8 footage from "Tavse"'s and "Mikkel's" spring patrol in 1979. "When the going gets tough ... ". 27 min. 8 mm color film.
  • "Ella Ø sommeren 1979". "Ella Ø summer 1979". Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen's Super8 footage from a summer on and around Ella Ø. 36 min. 8 mm color film.
  • "Den sidste slæderejse; "The last sledge trip; nice music by Knud Møller.
  • Sirius - 2 mand 11 hunde og en slæde (1990). Sirius - 2 men 11 dogs and a sled (1990). DR documentary from 1990 about the Sled Patrol SIRIUS. 52 min.
  • Hans Hvide Bang - fangstmand og fotograf (1991). Hans Hvide Bang - trapper and photographer (1991). A broadcast about the Norwegian Hans Hvide Bang, who was a trapper at Ottostrand 1952-53 and later a photographer for Helge Ingstad etc. (NRK 1991)
  • Den sidste slæderejse (1993). The last sledge journey (1993). Danish reportage series from 1993. Mogens 'Gulli' Guldbrandsen, the legendary long-time leader of the Sled Patrol Sirius, is going on his last sledge journey - towards the world's northernmost point of land. 8 x 30 min.
  • "Lauge Koch - Grønlandsforskeren" (1994). "Lauge Koch - The Greenland Scientist" (1994). Using interviews with several people who either knew Lauge Koch professionally or privately, the portrait film paints a picture of the polar explorer Lauge Koch. Jørgen Roos Film (1994). 50 min. Sound  film /color.
  • Mændene i tårnet (1991). The Men in the Tower (1991). Danish reportage from 1991. Two men live in a control tower hundreds of kilometers from the nearest town in Northeast Greenland. 28 min.
  • Selskabet - Fire mænd og en fangststation (1997). The Company - Four Men and a Trapper Station (1997). Danish reportage from 1997. Four Danes spend an unusual summer vacation high up in the rugged Northeast Greenland. 29 min.
  • Siriuspatruljen: Den tredje mand (1999). The Sirius Patrol: The Third Man (1999). Danish reportage series from 1999. Naval Captain Sven Palgaard is to be the new commander of the Sirius Patrol in Northeast Greenland. The third in the line after Mogens Guldbrandsen and Palle Norit.
  • Slædepatruljen Sirius (2014). The Sirius Sledge Patrol (2014). Fresh handheld video from the Sirius men Frederik Oxlund's and Brian Nissen's spring patrol from Wulff Land to Daneborg in 2014. 35 min.
  • Naturfotograf Magnus Elanders hjemmeside.Nature photographer Magnus Elanders' website. Enjoy the Swedish nature photographer Magnus Elanders' uncompromising photos and books from the Arctic.
  • Rekrutteringsvideo fra Forsvaret (2015) Recruitment video from the Danish Armed Forces (2015) with Siriusman Brian Nissen as an entertaining narrator. Informative video about Sirius.
  • Mission Mestersvig (2015). Mission Mestersvig (2015). Informative video from the exercise "Arctic Response 2015" in East Greenland for TV2/NORD
  • Med Sirius på slæderejse (2016). With Sirius on a sledge trip (2016). Documentary from 2016 about a sledge trip all the way north of Greenland.
  • Med Nanok i Nordøstgrønland (2019). With Nanok in Northeast Greenland (2019). 13 min.
  • Arktisk Kommando (2019). Joint Arctic Command (2019). Danish documentary from 2019.
  • Sirius (2023). Sirius (2023). Embank a sledge journey with the Sirius Sledge Patrol in Northeast Greenland. DR documentary in 3 x 59 min. episodes.
  • Forsvarets hjemmeside. Arktisk Kommando.
    Defence Forces website. Arctic Command. Basic information about Sirius.