344 WHITE AND SCHUCHERT—CRETACEOUS SERIES OF GREENLAND. 
cipal type localities in the Kome beds on the north side of Nugsuak penin- 
sula and in the Atane, Patoot, and Tertiary series on the south coast. 
After several delays, the expedition left Boston on the steam sealer 
Hope July 19, landing the writers on Umanak island on the evening of 
the 8th of August. On August 10, with native oarsmen, we left Umanak 
to begin our task at- Kook. At noon on the 4th of September the home-- 
ward bound ship called for us at Atanikerdluk. From this it will be 
seen that 25 days only were available in Greenland for both travel and 
work.* Within that time we rowed about 150 miles, made 14 camps, 
and gathered fossils from 37 localities. Itis thus evident that little time 
was left for stratigraphic studies or making varied natural history collec- 
tions. However, satisfactory collections of both fossil and recent land 
plants, as well asa small quantity of miscellaneous material, were accum- 
ulated.f 
Few lands within the Arctic circle have received more attention from 
geologists and paleontologists than the region including Disko island and » 
the great Nugsuak peninsula. Danish administration officials, as well as 
explorers and naturalists of all nations, have collected from its phytifer- 
ous deposits to swell the volume of the Arctic fossil flora, while Brown, 
Nordenskiold,§ and K. J. V. Steenstrup || have given especial attention 
to the stratigraphy. The history of earlier geological exploration in this 
region is given by the two first named authors. Investigations since 
their publications have been carried on almost exclusively by Steenstrup. 
The results are two relatively detailed geological maps by Hammer and 
Steenstrup 4) and an interesting series of studies of the basalts and native 
irons. 
GENERAL GEOLOGICAL RELATIONS 
The Cretaceous and Tertiary deposits of the west coast of Greenland 
are exposed at numerous places on the islands and peninsulas along the 
* Of these but little over two days were lost on account of bad weather. 
+The recent plants are now in process of elaboration by Mr C. L. Pollard, of the National Her- 
barium. The fossil plants have in part been examined by Dr F. H. Knowlton and the fossil in- 
vertebrates have received attention from Dr T. W. Stanton, both of the U. 8S. Geological Survey. 
The petrographic material is now in the hands of Dr George P. Merrill, of the U.S. National Museum. 
{ Robert Brown: Geological notes on the Noursoak peninsula, Disco island, and the country in 
the vicinity of Disco bay, North Greenland. Trans. Geol. Soc. Glasgow, vol. v, 1875, pp. 55-112, with 
geological map. 
2S. E. Nordenskiold: Account of an expedition to Greenland in the year 1870. Geol. Mag., vol. 
ix, 1872, pp. 289-306, 355-368, 409-427, 449-463, 516-524, pl. vii, map, pl. vili. ; 
| K. J. V. Steenstrup : Ueber die Lagerungsverhiltnisse der Kohlen und Versteinerungen fith- 
yenden Bildungen auf der Westktiste von Grénland zwischen 69° 15’ und 72° 15’ n. Br. In Heer’s 
Flora Fossilis Arctica, vii, 1883, pp. 228-250, with colored geological map. Bildrag til Kjendskab 
til de geognostiske og geographiske Forhold i en Del af Nord-Grénland. Meddelelser om Gr6én- 
land, iv, 1893, pp. 173-243, with large colored geological map. See also Meddelelser, vol. v, 1893, pp. 
1-42, 43-78, with geological map. 
q Meddel. om Grénland, y, 1893. Heer, Fl. Foss. Arct., vii, 1883. 
