of stranded icebergs lay in deep shadow or in 

 brilliant sunshine (Fig. 4). Going to bed by day 

 in a situation such as this had its advantages, 

 though at first sleep came slowly. Greenland has 

 many and substantial advantages over a country 

 possessing all 'modern conveniences'; not the least 

 of these is the practice followed at the Arctic 

 Station of not being called in the morning. There 

 are no duties to be performed requiring punctual 

 attendance and the breakfast of coffee and bread 

 and butter does not suffer by neglect; it is possible 

 to enjoy the rare luxury of getting up when the 

 desire for sleep has been satisfied. A short distance 

 to the left the Red River flows into the bay (Fig. 5) 

 and in certain lights a sharp boundary-line separates 

 the turbid freshwater reddened by basaltic sedi- 

 ment from the clear blue sea-water beyond, an 

 excellent demonstration of the transportation of 

 sediment and of rock-building on the edge of a 

 coast. Close to the Station a steep bank covered 

 with vegetation rises from the lower marshy 

 ground bordering the shore to the foot of the vol- 

 canic rocks above. The dark green of the bank is 

 traversed here and there by a band of brilliant 

 emerald green Moss (Webera albicans) that marks 

 the course of a clear stream. Notices in the Eskimo 

 language were put up some years ago by the 

 Director asking natives to abstain from gathering 

 plants for fuel, as the locality is very rich in inter- 

 esting members of the local flora : this request has 

 almost invariably been respected. 

 Shortly before we finally left the Arctic Station 



