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MY ARCTIC JOURNAL 



Frederikshaab glacier, which comes down to the sea in 

 latitude 62° 30'. It did not, however, impress me as being 

 very grand, owing perhaps to our being so far from it. Its 

 face is seventeen miles long, and we could see it like a wall 

 of white marble before us. Long after we had passed it, it 

 still appeared to be with us, and it kept us company nearly 

 all day. Just beyond the glacier was disclosed the most 



Out on the Billowy Sea. 

 The First Fragment of Greenland Ice 



beautiful mountain scenery imaginable. The weather was 

 deliciously warm, and revealed to us a new aspect of Arctic 

 climate. It seems strange to be sitting on deck in a light 

 coat, not even buttoned, and only a cap on my head, in 

 the most brilliant sunshine, and gazing on snow-covered 

 mountains. 



