Annoatok

Location within Greenland

Annoatok or Anoritooq, located at 78°31′28.2″N 72°24′10.8″W / 78.524500°N 72.403000°W / 78.524500; -72.403000,^[1] was a small hunting station in Greenland on Smith Sound about 24 km (15 mi) north of Etah. It is now abandoned.

History

Annoatok was used as a base by Frederick Cook during his Arctic expedition of 1908–09, when he claimed to have reached the North Pole.^[2] The name Annoatok means "the wind-loved place".^[3] According to a publication in 1997, it was the most northerly inhabited place on Earth at that time.^[4] However, excavations carried out by Eric Holtved in Inuarfissuaq at 78.9° N in central Inglefield Land proved human settlement further north. Excavations during the years 2004 to 2005 gave evidence of an ancient settlement about 30 km further north in Qaqaitsut at 79.2° N in Eastern Inglefield Land.^[5]

References

^ The first conqueror of the North Pole: Cook, Peary, or neither? by Jacques L Theodor
^ Henderson, B. (2005) True North W W Norton ISBN 0-393-32738-8
^ Bryce (1997), p.306
^ Bryce, R.M. (1997) Cook & Peary: the Polar Controversy Resolved ISBN 0-8117-0317-7, p.303
^ Darwent, John et al.: Archaeological Survey of Eastern Inglefield Land, Northwestern Greenland, in: ARCTIC ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 51–86, 2007, p. 52

78°31′28.2″N 72°24′10.8″W / 78.524500°N 72.403000°W / 78.524500; -72.403000

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[1] The first conqueror of the North Pole: Cook, Peary, or neither? by Jacques L Theodor

[2] Henderson, B. (2005) True North W W Norton ISBN 0-393-32738-8

[3] Bryce (1997), p.306

[4] Bryce, R.M. (1997) Cook & Peary: the Polar Controversy Resolved ISBN 0-8117-0317-7, p.303

[5] Darwent, John et al.: Archaeological Survey of Eastern Inglefield Land, Northwestern Greenland, in: ARCTIC ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 51–86, 2007, p. 52

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