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worked under easier and more favourable circumstances and ample 

 collections луеге made; but though very interesting, the localities 

 were rather uniform and not characteristically Greenlandic, and 

 above all, they were for the greater part well known, as our head 

 quarter Scoresby-Sound had already been explored three times, 

 among others by the excellent observers Professor Nathorst and 

 mag. Hartz. There луаз therefore not much to be discovered in 

 these districts, so much the less as we followed in the tracks of 

 Nathorst. Our best results were from Sabine-0 and Jan Mayen, 

 луЬеге much hitherto ипкполуп was really observed. 



Enlightened by experience I returned from this voyage and 

 planned an investigation of Angmagsalik which was carried out by 

 aid of the Carlsberg Fund in 1901 — 2. This time I set out alone, 

 only accompanied by my wife, as experience had taught me that 

 many members do not anyhow add to, but rather diminish the 

 results of an expedition, as many contradictory interests must be 

 made to work together, and as consequently the many only can 

 obtain a little each, and nobody is or can be satisfied. The ideal 

 will be, one man one task, but as the task easily becomes too 

 much for one man, and as much purely mechanical work may as 

 well be done by another, I should have preferred to be accom- 

 panied by one or two European assistants who might have taken 

 some of the burdens of daily life off my shoulders. As it Avas I 

 had however a good opportunity of thoroughly investigating the 

 extensive and interesting district of Angmagsalik and of making 

 ample collections. 



It is the results of these three voyages to Greenland in 1898 

 —99, 1900 and 1901— 1902 1), that I am now bringing before the 

 public. In order to give a general vieAv and for some floristical 

 purposes I have preferred to divide my work into two parts. The 

 coast north of Gape Wandel which has not been much explored is 

 treated by me together with the collections from the expedition of 

 1900, whereas the southern part is naturally connected with the 

 district of Angmagsalik, and consequently they are treated together. 



Besides my own collections, those made by N. Hartz and 

 G. Amdrup, and many smaller contributions from the changing 

 members of the expeditions are included. I have also revised the 

 collections of Swedish expeditions in the museums of Upsala and 



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