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I. The Danish Arctic Station, Disko Island FRONTIS PIECE 



FIG. TO FACE PAGE 



II. I. Godthaab 4 



III. 2. The Antlers, near Godthaab .... 5 

 3. The S.S. 'Hans Egede' in the harbour at 



Egedesminde 

 IV. 4. Icebergs stranded in Disko Bay opposite the 



Arctic Station 12 



5. The Red River flowing into Disko Bay, near 



the Arctic Station 

 V. 6. Sandy beach with blocks of ice near the Arctic 



Station 13 



7. Part of the basaltic plateau near Godhavn 

 VI. 8. Godhavn harbour, with the hull of the 'Fox' 20 

 9. Godhavn, from above the Arctic Station, and 

 harbour in the distance 



VII. 10. Icebergs in the Vaigat 21 



II. Jakobshavn Ice-fjord 



VIII. 12. Sketches illustrating types of Icebergs . .28 

 IX. 13. Iceberg off the coast of Disko Island . . . 29 



14. Umanak Fjord 

 X. 15. Mountains on the east side of Umanak Fjord 36 



j6. Umanak Fjord and Ubekjendt Island 

 XI. 17. Eskimo houses on Manitsok Island . . -37 



1 8. Women cutting up fish, Jakobshavn harbour 

 XII. 19. Group of Eskimo boys at Godthaab ... 44 

 20. An Eskimo in his Kayak 



XIII. 21. An unfinished Kayak 45 



22. An Umyak 



XIV. 23. Ludwig Geisler and family . . . -5 

 XV. 24. The Vaigat and Nugssuaq Peninsula ; the 'Clio 



borealis' and the relief boat . . . -51 

 2 5 . The Ata delta with Cotton grass and other plants 

 XVI. 26. Pyrola grandiflora 54 



