GLACIAL STUDIES [IN GREENLAND. 577 
had brought down with them gravel and sand and by spreading 
these out had smoothed the surface in a notable degree. Stream- 
lets were abundant on the plateau surface even within short dis- 
tances of the edge of the valley occupied by the Bryant glacier 
and seemed to quite ignore its existence. This seems to mean 
the same thing as the absence of a central stream under the 
Fic. 40.—The southern edge of the ice-cap of the Redcliff peninsula a short dis- 
tance east of the Bryant glacier (which is represented by the lowest white band that 
reaches the left border of the picture, the valley occupied by it being sunken below the 
level of the plateauso as to nearly conceal the glacier). The foreground is the gravel 
plain formed by streamlets issuing from the ice-cap. The snowy slope at the right is 
the wind-drift border lodged on the edge of the ice-cap. The terminal moraine is 
barely seen at the top of this, together with a belt of surface wash from a portion of 
the moraine not seen. In the background at the left is a more distant portion of the 
ice-cap. View taken looking westward. 
valley glacier, viz., that there is little or no gathering together 
of water beneath the glacier. 
The base of the ice-cap was reached at a height of about 
2000 feet. It lay perhaps three miles back from the border of 
the gulf. No measurements of distance were made and this and 
similar statements in this article are only such rude approxima- 
tions to the truth as may give a general impression of distances. 
It was not thought wise to consume precious time in measure- 
ments where accuracy had no importance. 
The edge of the ice-cap was found to consist of a steep snowy 
slope rising to a height of about 100 feet, crowned by a terminal 
