256 THE GERMAIN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



side, too, under tlie same latitude, there are some huge 

 ones ; but there the belt of moraines reaches down to 60° 

 of lat., whilst this most southerly one lies quite alone in 

 61°. After a long open space to the north of Fredericks- 

 haab is another large one, the lisblink, with its feet 

 dipping in the sea. 



Soon we had the island of Tunarsoit, and the wild, 

 jagged rocks of the high Malene^elds, in sight. AYe 

 hoped to be in Arsut the following morning, but in the 

 straits between Nunarsoit and the continent the wind 

 changed, and we had to ride at anchor. This was the 

 more necessary, as it presently became more violent, and 

 at noon a regular storm burst ; so we lay once more bound 

 to a deserted strand. The weather would not even allow 

 of any further excursion, as the wind brought up heavy 

 masses of fog, rendering any ramble unsafe. It did not 

 last long, however. On the morning of the 22nd of July 

 I noticed with joy, from the rolling of the ship, that we 

 must be at sea, and I was right. With a favourable wind 

 we had weighed anchor at half-past four a.m., and going 

 through the straits of Torsukatek, were at sea. Already 

 far to the south, when I came on deck, lay the rocky 

 pinnacles of Malenefjeld, and on that side of the shore 

 they showed me the entrance to a Fjord ; that was the 

 Arsut Fjord, close to which the Kryolite layers are found, 

 which would, of course, be very interesting to me. If 

 one leaves Rome without having seen the Pope, it is a sad 

 misfortune ; still perhaps one may see him the next time 

 one comes. But when a geologist has so much and for 

 so long traversed Greenland, and now, when near one of 

 the most interesting spots, is recklessly carried past it, his 

 misfortune is very much greater. It could not be helped, 



