994 Cur. KRUUSE 
luxuriant heather-moor, the mountain-foot with herby-slope and 
willow-thicket below and upon the rocky-steps of the high moun- 
tain, and the southwest side with bogs, moss-heath and herby- 
slopes, while the valley-bottom is occupied by a large, partly inun- 
dated delta-formation, and the interior of the valley is covered with 
barren alluvial fans from brooks of the many local glaziers, and 
the low mountain-foot south of the mountain Kilikitak is abundant 
with luxuriant brookbeds and springs with Archangelica-vegetation. 
To the west of the valley stands the Cassiope-mountain covered 
from about 200—800 m’s height with Cassiope tetragona-heath, the 
only occurence of this plant south of 69° northern latitude on the 
eastcoast; of other northern species were found here: Arnica alpina, 
Campanula uniflora, Gentiana tenella and Pyrola grandiflora. 
We sailed from Kingorsuak on the 24th of June and visited the 
next day the fowling island called Ingmikertorajik south of 
Sieralik, the vegetation of which is described on p. 83 and 84, 
and next, on the 26th of June the fowling islets in Ikerasak, 
where trawlings along the steep sides of the rocks covered by sea- 
weed-forests yielded the marine algal vegetation named on p. 86. 
Our next tentplace Tunok (see map) was rich in small clayey flats 
near the beach with saltmarsh vegetation, and higher up, on the 
slopes abunding with springs, in luxuriant herby slopes and low 
but vigorous willow-thicket. The inner valleys of Ikerasausak 
are surrounded by lower mountains than Kingorsuak, and accor- 
dingly the vegetation has a character of less pronounced luxuriance; 
yet on the borders of the northeasterly stream luxuriant herby 
slopes with Archangelica are met with, and luxuriant herby 
slopes are seen in the north-western valley; besides this valley bottom - 
is covered by bogs and small downs. After 2 day’s imprisonment 
occasioned by the ice by Kernestok we managed to force our 
way through Ikerasarsuak to Tiningnekelak at Sermilik, where 
we were stopped by the ice; were obliged to go back and returned 
to the station of Tasiusak after a strenuous fight with the ice in- and 
outside the mouth of Angmagsalik-fjord. After 5 days’ investigations 
in the environments of the station we again sailed, on the 12th of 
July towards Sermilik, and on the next day we succeeded in forcing 
our way into this large fjord as far as Amagå, whereas we were 
not able to reach its head, as: three big glaziers filled it up with 
calf-ice. (Middle glazier fig. 19, р. 109). The scanty vegetation of the 
island is represented on p. 109, bottom of the page. We accordingly 
made for the peninsula of Akiliarisek, where we encamped in a 
luxuriant valley with several rivulets, whose banks were covered 
with particularly high and vigorous vegetation, which is noted on 
