GLACIAL STUDIES IN GREENLAND. 665 



On August 4th, by invitation of Lieutenant Peary, I accom- 

 panied him to his headquarters, Anniversary Lodge, on Bowdoin 

 Bay, (Lat. yj° 44'), and made that a working centre until August 

 23rd. Here, with the great ice cap near at hand, the local ice cap 

 of the Red Cliff peninsula directly opposite, and nine glaciers of 

 varying forms and habits within a half dozen miles, I enjoyed 

 every facility which the phenomenal situation and the great kind- 

 ness of Lieutenant Peary and his party could furnish. In no small 

 degree the misfortune that turned them back was my gain. Lieu- 

 tenant Peary's intimate knowledge of the region, his wide observa- 

 tion upon the glaciers of middle and northern Greenland, his 

 counsel and his personal guidance, and his ample equipment for 

 northern work, all of which were freely placed at my service, 

 were of incalculable aid to me. Mr. E. B. Baldwin, meteorologist 

 to the party and an enthusiast in exploration, was my nearly con- 

 stant guide and companion, and did all in his power to aid in 

 the work. One would be indifferent indeed, if, under these cir- 

 cumstances, he did not press the work to the utmost limits of 

 physical and mental endurance, for the continuous daylight put 

 no limit to daily hours. 



I learned with gratification that Lieutenant Peary had 

 undertaken the mapping of the geographic features of a large 

 territory adjacent to Inglefield Gulf, and that he had commenced 

 systematic observations on certain of the glacial phenomena, 

 among others the measurement of the rate of glacial motion by 

 stakes and transit, and by a series of photographs. This proved 

 peculiarly fortunate, under the circumstances, for, though I went 

 with a full instrumental outfit for measuring glacial movement, 

 and for making such geographic determinations as might be 

 necessary for plotting the glaciers studied, the adversities of the 

 season that made it necessary to leave the Falcon thirty miles 

 from the main field of work, and to make the journey by foot or 

 by sledge over uncertain bay ice, much broken by leads, ren- 

 dered the transportation of the outfit impracticable. The 

 geographic outlines which I shall be permitted to use in' these 

 articles are chiefly the contribution of Lieutenant Peary. The 



