Contents. 



page 

 Chap. I. Discovery of Polar Eskimos — Ponds Inlet immigrants — 



Recent expeditions 255 



— II. Anthropogeographical features of the Polar Eskimos' district 268 



— III. Industrial culture of the Polar Eskimos 281 



— IV. Umanark — Winter-houses — Tents 306 



— V. Clothing — Work and technical skill of the men and women 



— Implements 333 



— VI. Psychology and sociology 363 



— VII. Anthropology 383 



— VIII. Origin of the Polar Eskimos 392 



The ethnological investigations on the Polar Eskimos described in these 

 pages were carried out on the initiative and at the expense of "Kommis- 

 sionen til Ledelsen af de geologiske og geografiske Undersøgelser i Grøn- 

 land". — The illustrations with exception of fig. 16 are original. The 

 photographs were all taken by the author. 



