EVIDENCES OF RECENT ELEVATION OF THE 

 SOUTHERN COAST OF BAFFIN LAND.^ 



CONTENTS. 

 Introduction. 

 Big Island. 



Location, description and topography. 



Kind of rock. 



Proofs of elevation in raised beaches. 



Proofs of elevation in differential weathering and unlike surface conditions. 



Palseontological evidence of elevation. 

 Southern coast of Baffin Land about twenty miles north of Ashe Inlet. 



Raised beaches. 



Fossils. 



Weathering. 

 Icy Cove — Southern part of Meta Incognita. 



Raised beaches. 

 Niantilik Harbor — Cumberland Sound. 



Raised beaches. 

 Evidence of present rising of the land on Big Island around Ashe Inlet region, 



and at Niantilik Harbor. 

 Degree of the rapidity of the uplift. 

 Conclusions. 

 Partial bibliography of recent elevations in Northern America. 



Introdiictioii. — This paper is the outgrowth of the opportunity 

 afforded for studying the lands at several places in and north of 

 Hudson Strait, during the past summer, while a member of the 

 Cornell Greenland party, with the sixth Peary expedition. Four 

 stops were made in all along the coast of Bafifin Land, three 

 going up, as follows : Big Island ; the mainland, just north of 

 the island ; and Icy Cove on Meta Incognita. The fourth land- 

 ing was at Niantilik Harbor in Cumberland Sound on the return 

 homeward. 



'The writer is greallv indebted to various members of the expedition for valuable 

 suggestions and help, especially Mr. Bonsteel, who stopped with him on the island ; 

 but, whatever value this paper may contain is largely due to Professor R. S. Tarr, 

 who kindly directed the work throughout. To all the writer wishes to express his 

 thanks and add his most grateful acknowledgments. 



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