Fhotoyraijh by Morti'n 1'. I'or.sihl 

 The face of tlie glacier Eqip Sermia, discharging into Disco Bay. — The rough cordilleran portion 

 of the surface of this glacier indicates that the ice is afloat over the bottom of the bay 



tion. With Godhavn as a base, he is 

 planning to explore and study Baffin 

 Land as thoroughly as Greenland has 

 already been investigated. 



Men of many countries besides Den- 

 mark who have made this station their 

 headquarters while they have been at 

 work in Greenland, testify to the hos- 

 pitality and courtesy extended to them 

 by Herr Porsild and his good family. 

 Among those who have stayed at the 

 station at one time or another are 

 Swedes, Norwegians, Germans, Swiss, 

 Austrians, and Americans. Dr. Tho- 

 rild WulfF. the celebrated Swedish eth- 



nologist and botanist who perished of 

 starvation when with Rasmussen's ex- 

 pedition across the ice cap of Greenland 

 last year, has worked there. One of the 

 first men trained at the station was Mr. 

 Lauge Koch, the young Danish geolo- 

 gist, who has apparently acquitted him- 

 self so creditably with Rasmussen's 

 expedition. Herr Porsild states that 

 one of the most delightful guests he 

 has entertained was Ossian Elgstrom, 

 the Swedish artist and cartoonist, who 

 spent the summer of 1915 in Greenland 

 studying native art. 



The art of the Eskimo is primitive, 



I'kotoyraph by E. O. Eovey 

 View of a part of Godhavn, showing the pastor's house and the church in the distance. — The Es- 

 kimos are exceedingly faithful in their church attendance, but when the weather is favorable for hunt- 

 ing the men usually do not observe Sunday. This photograph gives a good view of the Skarvefjeld, 

 one of the commanding headlands along the .south coast of Disco Island. Tidal currents are so strong 

 at the base of this headland that the sea ice there is rarely safe for sledge travel and a detour must be 

 made over the highland back of the mountain 

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