ABOARD THE TRAMP-SHIP FULTON 



lacks, however, the probably unique quality pos- 

 sessed by the Holstensborg hinterland in which 

 Mount Evans is located, for it does not have the 

 desert climate with the clear skies which are char- 

 acteristic of that region. 



Only fourteen miles from Ivigtut a short tongue 

 from the inland-ice comes down to tide-water, and 

 the relatively smooth surface of the ice rises on a 

 gradual ascent to the interior. The rocky mass 

 outside is easily ascended to a small flat-topped 

 area and has small lakes near. Less than a mile 

 away the ice begins and in the northern and east- 

 ern quadrants a ninety-degree arc of ice is in view. 

 Boulders and sod for buildings are at hand. Ivig- 

 tut has connections with the outside world each 

 year by an average of eighteen ships, though the 

 port is sometimes ice-bound as late as May or 

 June. This is due to the cold current bringing ice- 

 floes and icebergs down the east coast of Green- 

 land to double Cape Farewell and move northward 

 along the west coast. 



The motor-boat returned with us to Ivigtut so 

 as to arrive in the early afternoon, for we were to 

 sail at 5 o'clock. Coming into the harbor we were 

 agreeably surprised to see in port the Seekonung, 

 the motor-schooner of Dr. Knud Rasmussen. The 

 ship was on its way south from north Greenland 



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