CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



The colonisation of Greenland by Eric the Red; its re-colonisa- 

 tion by Hans Egede in 1721. From Copenhagen to Disko Isknd 

 in 1921. The Danish Arctic Station. The last resting-place of 

 the 'Fox' I 



CHAPTER II 



Greenland a land of sunshine. Physical features and scraps of 

 geological history. Evidence from fossil plants of warmer climates 

 n the past. A limitless desert of ice; glaciers and icebergs 22 



CHAPTER III 



The Eskimoes and their rulers. Greenland a 'closed' country. 

 Danish methods of government. Life, personal characteristics, 

 language, and dress of the Eskimoes. The kayak and the umyak. 

 Coal in Greenland ...... 39 



CHAPTER IV 



The variety and beauty of the flora of Greenland. Some salient 

 features of Arctic vegetation. Arctic and tropical vegetation con- 

 trasted. The Arctic and the Antarctic. Lichens and colour in 

 nature 60 



CHAPTER V 



More about fossil plants. The relation between rocks and scenery. 

 Rocks formed as sediment under water and rocks that are volcanic. 

 Dykes of basalt. The loneliness of a Greenland beach. Deserted 

 Settlements 77 



CHAPTER VI 



Hare Island. Drift-wood. Upernivik Island. The catechist at 

 home. Atanikerdluk; its scenery, fossil plants, and dykes. First 

 and last impressions of Greenland .... 83 



