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into the fjord, but remain by the shore of the open sea, so 

 that the Eskimos of Arsuk, which is about ten miles from 

 Ivigtut, often brought a large number of birds which we, 

 living inland, would not otherwise have seen. 



The mean annual temperature is about Cent., or a 

 little less ; and the whole country is usually covered with 

 snow from the first of November to the first of May. The 

 inner half of the fjord freezes over in November or the 

 beginning of December, and is not free of ice till the end 

 of May. At Ivigtut the ice leaves a month earlier. The 

 willow bushes are out in leaf at the close of June, and the 

 leaves fade from night frost about the 10th of September. 



I remained at Ivigtut from April 22, 1886, to October 17, 

 1888. 



