ملف:Photographer Mattis Mathiesen at work on Jan Mayen (8385716965).jpg

Creator: Anonymous Date: Unknown Format: Photograph; gelatin silver Collection: Daily Herald Archive at the National Media Museum Inventory no: 1983-5236/11823/1 Blog post: Snappy 5th birthday Flickr Commons Reverse of the photograph reads: The home of the weather reports. All through the war a meteorological station has been in operation on the small Norwegian island of Jan Mayen. It is situated far north in the Arctic Ocean, between Greenland and the north of Norway. This outpost guarded by a small garrison of Norwegian troops, has, through its meteorological observations, been one of the most important stations for weather reports for convoys crossing the north Atlantic to America and Russia, and has played a vital part in the fight for the domination of the seas. Norwegian official photo. Picture taken when two representatives from the Information Office visited Jan Mayen to take films and photographs of the life on the island. Picture shows photographer Mattis Mathiesen at work on the beach.