fast to walk up to one of the hanging gUiciers that fed the near-by 

 stream. The day was mostly cloudy, but calm and pleasant, with 

 veiT good visibility. There were many plants and flowers and quite 

 a few blueberries along the shore. 



It appeared but a short distance up to the glaciers, but it took 

 about two hours of steady climbing to reach the ice. The ground 

 became rockier and rockier after the fiord was left, while the vege- 

 tation became scantier and scantier. Finalh^ the way was over 

 a surface made up of nothing but angular rock fragments of all 

 sizes. Their source was undoubtedly the enormous cHffs that rose 

 above the small glaciers ahead. 



Just before reaching the ice, several old end moraines had to be 

 scaled. In some places glacial lakes not much larger than puddles 

 were imprisoned between these moraines. Finally a last steep slope 



TIIK ■• MARION " IS DWARFED BY HER SURROUNDINGS 



Figure ol.- — The mouth of the stream from which water was being boated is directly 

 over the officer standing in the right foreground. The Marion is anchored a little 

 to the left of the stream's mouth. Across the fiord are the heights of the southern 

 end of Aulalsivik Island. Labrador. Note how the stream, which is hacked up into 

 a tiny lake in the left foreground, disappears into the crevices among the loose rocks. 



of rock fragments Avas ascended, and the melting ice of the nearest 

 glacier was reached. Views taken during this excursion into the 

 Torngats are shown in Figures 29-33. 



The walk back to the ship was accomplished without incident and 

 at 1.35 p. m. the Marlon got under wa}^ and stood eastward toward 

 the sea. The country about the fiord just south of Aulalsivik Island 

 is a real wilderness. No trace of human habitation or visit could be 

 found. This was in contrast to all the other northern places visited, 

 for everywhere else at least a few people were seen. 



Before leaving the fiord an oceanographic station was taken. 

 Numerous fathometer soundings were recorded in the fiord and off 

 its entrance. (See fig. 44.) Attempts to catch fish were made with 

 hand lines, but none of them met success, possibW because we did 

 not have the right kind of bait. 

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