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MARION EXPEDITION TO DAVIS STRAIT AND BAFFIN B\Y 



Hundreds of bergs Jammed in the Mouth of jacobshavn Fjord 



Figure 52. — Tlie iwtrol boat Marion ciuisins in among the icebergs that clogged the 

 mouth of Jacolishavn Fjord August 8. 192S. The bergs were pacljed so tiglitly 

 together that it was impossible to penetrate much beyond the outermost i nes. 

 (Official photograph, Marion expedition.) 



TRAIN OF ICEBERGS MOVING OUT OF JACOBSHAVN FJORD 



Figure 5a. — Looking southward across the ;{-mile-wi(le Jacobshavn Fjord about 2 

 miles above its mouth. Jacobshavn Fjord empties into Disko Bay. latitude GO" 10' 

 N., longitude ~A>° 10' W.. on the west coast of (Jrcenlaiid. This train of icebi>rgs 

 packed closely end to end and side to side is continually passing down the fjord 

 and out to sea. (Official photograpli. Marion expedition.) 



