EDITORIAL 83 



I infer that the inland ice once pushed out into Baffins Bay through the 

 Waigat and through Umanak fiord and overlapped the adjacent lands, but did 

 not overtop the highest parts of Disco, Upernivik and Ubekyendt islands and 

 Svarten Huk peninsula. The ice border rose 2000 feet above the present sea 

 surface, but probably not 3000 feel on the coastal line, quite certainly not 

 4000 or 5000 feet. I have traced on the chart a theoretical outline of the 

 farthest ice. This of course does not include local ice on the uncovered land. 

 It, on the contrary, presumes it. 



This hypothetical line starts with the northwestern part of 

 Disco Island and swings outside of Hare island and some distance 

 off the extremity of Nugsuak peninsula, touches the outer side 

 of Ubekyendt Island, and thence connects with the southern 

 portion of Svarten Huk peninsula. The outer curve of this line 

 is sixty miles azvay front the present border of the i?ila7td ice and 

 embraces the entire territory of Professor Barton's special studies, 

 as I understand them. 



I have no notes on the northern Nugsuak peninsula which 

 was the special field of Professor Tarr's studies, the Falcon hav- 

 ing turned away from the coast somewhat south of it to attempt 

 the "middle passage" of Melville Bay, and, failing in this, 

 returned to the vicinity of the coast a little north of the 

 peninsula. On the region next south I made the following note 

 on July 19 : 



With the exception of Sanderson's Hope and a few other prominences 

 south of it, the whole region shows rounded contours, so far as seen. The 

 small islands are well-rounded domes of rock that appear entirely bare. 

 I could not detect any bowlders or other debris upon them. They are simple 

 roches moutontices, but not strikingly typical as such. The reduction has not 

 completely subordinated them to glacial types. I have no doubt the ice 

 pushed out well into the bay here. Some of the higher peaks may have 

 remained as nunataks. 



These small islands are rather farther away from the edge of 

 the inland ice than the similar ones described by Professor Tarr. 



It appears, therefore, that we explicity recognized predom- 

 inant glaciation reaching out from 30 to 60 miles, and trespass- 

 ing on the borders of Baffins Bay, and that we excepted only 

 some of the higher points. It is only by demonstrating that 

 these were submerged by the inland ice that any notabl}^ greater 



