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The present ice and its effects on the nature of 

 the region. 

 Glaciers and inland ice. I had but little opportunity, 

 during the expedition, of studying the present ice, and have, in 

 consequence, only a few observations to make on this score. 



That the central ice reaches the innermost branches of 

 Scoresby Sund, was already known through Ryder's Expedition, 

 but some doubts have been raised as to whether this ice fully 



Fig. 28. View towards the interior of Polhem Dale. Mountains of 



horizontal Silurian strata, covered by highland ice. 



{Nordenskjold phot. 28: 8: 1900.) 



tallies with the inland ice of W. Greenland^). Our expedition 

 did not penetrate so far that any decisive observations bearing 

 on this could be taken, but I believe it is indisputable that it 

 is true inland ice that debouches into the interior of the NW. 

 fjord. At the entrance of this fjord, and in the NE. bay 

 our ship was surrounded by hundreds of large icebergs, of 

 which several must have been many hundred metres in length, 



') E. V. Üryqalski, Grönland-Expedition, Vol.1, 164. 



