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Ifoiindland, Koch's observations are compared with these of the ice 

 patrol off tlie Grand Bank (see Smith. 1927. p. 76) in the following 

 table : 



It would be interesting to have a longer series of ice observations 

 from Melville Bay to test this indicated relation between fast ice 

 conditions there and icebergs a vear later in tlie North Atlantic. 





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Fast ice Holds Icebergs 



Figure 43. — Many icebergs are imprisoned in fast ice which may postpone their 

 progress in tlie ocean currents throughout one or perhaps several winters in the 

 far north. This photograph, which was taken about 2 miles west of Cape York, 

 in northwest Greenland, shows several of the icebergs of Melville Bay securely 

 lield in the grip of the fast ice. Eskimos in the foreground are members of the 

 famous Cape York tribe. (Photograph from Chamberlin, 1895.) 



The Glaciers of Northeast Bait and Disko Bay" 



The Greenland coast, in this stretch of 160 miles, from latitude 

 71° 40' to 69° 00', includes its two deepest embayments marking the 

 deltas of great river systems, the region pouring out over one-half of 

 the total annual supply of North Atlantic icebergs. There are 

 perhaps 100 glaciers, large and small, to be counted along these 

 shores, the majority being small ones on Nugsuak Peninsula, but 

 14 are better known and important. These are (north to south) : 

 Umiamako. Rink. Kangdlugsuak, Kangerdluarsuk. Kamarujuk, 

 Ingnerit, Itivdliarsuk. Sermilik. Little Karajak. Great Karajak, 

 Torsukatak, Ekip-Sermia, Sikuijuitsok, and Jacobshavn. 



Northeast Bay extends diagonally inland in two arms; into the 

 head of the northernmost, called Karrat Fjord, Umiamako and Rink 



