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FIG. 



XVI. 27. Englishman's Harbour: Mr M. P. Porsild 



and his youngest son . . . 54 



XVII. 28. Clumps of Arnica and Oxyria on the Ata delta 55 



29. Willows with exposed root on sandy slope 

 XVIII. 30. Archangelica and Alchemilla \ Englishman's 



Harbour 58 



XIX. 31. Orchids, Polygonum, Dandelions, etc. . . 59 



XX. 32. Niakornat 62 



33. The beach at Godthaab 

 XXI. 34. Near Patoot, on the Vaigat . . . .63 



35. View near Skansen 

 XXII. 36. From the head of a valley behind Skansen, 



showing a dyke 68 



37. Part of the dyke seen in Fig. 36 



XXIII. 38. Looking across Umanak Fjord ... 69 

 39. Eskimo women in front of a roofless house, 



Upernivik Island 



XXIV. 40. South coast of Upernivik Island . . .76 

 41. Glacier, Upernivik Island 



XXV. 42. Umanak Cliff 77 



XXVI. 43. Umanak Cliff and Sagdliarusek, from Kook 84 



XXVII. 44. View from behind the Settlement of Umanak 85 



45. Atanikerdluk 



XXVIII. 46. Dyke in the main ravine, Atanikerdluk . 92 



XXIX. 47. A tabular Iceberg 93 



MAPS 



A. The Island of Greenland xii 



B. Larger-scale map of the district visited. (Based on a 



geological map by Hammer and Steenstrup) . . xiii 



