THE GREENLAND EXPEDITION OF 17895. SgI 
somewhat common occurrence, for at the end of the third day 
thirty-six had been sighted. Since the atmosphere was almost 
continuously clear, this number may be taken to represent essen- 
tially all that were within range of vision from the vessel during 
the hours of daylight. Although our course was continually 
bringing us nearer the source of the bergs, only two were seen 
on the fourth, fifth and sixth days. Their scarcity in this lati- 
tude (55° to 62°) was taken to mean that we had passed the 
eastern limit of the Arctic current, which was bearing them 
southward. As the coast of Greenland was approached they 
became again somewhat more common, and by the time Hol- 
stensborg was reached not less than 125 had been sighted. 
As the coast of Disco was approached from the south, bergs 
became much more abundant. From the time the coast was 
sighted until the harbor of Godhavn was reached there was 
rarely, if ever, a time when as many as fifty could not be seen. 
Seventy-five were counted in the immediate vicinity of the har- 
bor, and from the land above the settlement, a few hours later, 
160 were seen in the little bay to the northeast. 
Most of the bergs seen to this point were relatively small, 
the largest being perhaps not more than 100 feet in height and 
200 to 400 feet in length. In most cases they showed that they 
had been long afloat, and that they had been subjected to con- 
siderable changes of position since the beginning of their history, 
for incisions made by the waves girdled them at all angles. 
In some cases they were affected by caves and archways, often 
of remarkable regularity; in other cases their tops were marked 
by high pinnacles and towers, sometimes having a regularity 
approaching that of an elaborate architectural design. Without 
exception they were altogether free from débris, and their colors 
were the colors of pure ice, varying from white to blue on the 
one hand,and from white to green on the other. A more perfect 
or more beautiful gradation of colors could hardly be imagined. 
More massive bergs were seen at other points, but none more 
beautiful. 
East of Godhavn bergs were abundant continuously to Jakobs- 
