Mushure mekumira muIceland kunotenga nekuyedza maponi semhuka dzinotakura zvinhu, rwendo rwacho rwakasvika kuDanmarkshavn. Kunyange rwendo rwusati rwatanga kuenda mukati mechando rwendo rwacho rwakapotsa rwabviswa negirazi rinobereka. Mutungamiri wechiDanish wekufambisa, Johan Peter Koch, akatyora gumbo rake paakawira mugirazi uye akapedza mwedzi achipora ari pamubhedha wechirwere. Wegener naKoch ndivo vekutanga kutonhora muchando chiri mukati memvura kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweGreenland. Mukati meimba yavo vakaboora kusvika pakadzika kwemamita makumi maviri nemashanu nesimbi. Muzhizha ra1913, timu yakayambuka chando muIceland, vatori vechikamu vana vechikwata ichi vakafukidza chinhambwe chakapetwa kaviri kureba sekuyambuka kweGreenland yekumaodzanyemba kwaNidtjof Nansen muna 1888. Makiromita mashoma chete kubva kumadokero kweGreenland kugadzikana kwevasungwa kwechando, boka diki revashandi vakamhanyira kunze kwekudya
Johan Peter Koch