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the Frederickshaab glacier, Lat. 62°3o'. This gives an extent 

 along the coast north of Cape Desolation of about three degrees. 



The wrapping of the East Greenland ice pack about the south- 

 ern extremity of the island greatly affects the climate of the coast, 

 and doubtless the glaciation of the interior. The harbors of this 

 part of the coast are reached only with difficulty during the 

 early part of the summer ; indeed, during June and July the 

 coast between Lat. 6o° and 65 ° is less accessible than that 

 between Lat. 65 and 70 . We found East Greenland ice still in 

 the inlets and among the islands about Goodhaab (Lat. 64 ) on 

 our return in the early part of September. 



As previously remarked, comparatively few icebergs were 

 seen among the floes from East Greenland. Soon after our 

 escape from the pack, a feeble train was observed nearly oppo- 

 site the Frederickshaab glacier. Only a dozen rather small ice- 

 bergs composed the procession. Beyond these, few icebergs were 

 seen until, two days later, we encountered a grand procession 

 streaming out from Disco Bay. 



While we were immediately opposite the Frederickshaab 

 glacier, the coast was shrouded in low clouds and fog. But 

 these cleared away before we were out of the range of vision, 

 and, through the aid of field glasses, we had a measurably satis- 

 factory, though distant, view of this most beautiful glacier. Our 

 position was such as to make its magnificent profile, as it issued 

 from among the peaks of the coastal mountains and stretched, 

 with a gentle decline, far out on the lowlands that form the 

 immediate shore, the most striking element presented. Not- 

 withstanding its great massiveness, its freedom from constriction, 

 and its relatively gentle decline, it was strongly crevassed at some 

 points on its flanks, and on its crest line. On its lateral border 

 vertical ice-walls appeared, but from our position I could not 

 detect any at the extremity. 



On the evening of July 15th, we encountered a grand pro- 

 cession of icebergs moving southwesterly from Disco Bay, into 

 which they had been discharged (with perhaps few exceptions) 

 by the Jacobshaven glacier. Thirty were in sight at once. It 



