20 A SUMMER IN GREENLAND 
heard of the disablement of the boat belonging to 
the Arctic Station in which we had made our first 
trip. We proceeded round the south and west 
coasts of Disko Island to Hare Island (see Map 8B), 
thence to Upernivik Island, across Umanak Fjord 
to the island of Umanak and from there we coasted 
along the north shore of the Naigssuaq Peninsula, 
calling at many places to collect specimens, and 
round to the south coast which is separated from 
Disko Island by the Vaigat, a strait about eight to 
ten miles in breadth and ninety miles long. Navi- 
gation in the Vaigat is not always easy; sudden 
squalls are frequent; there are very few parts of 
the rocky coast, most of which is uninhabited, 
where shelter or good anchorage can be obtained, 
and icebergs are often inconveniently numerous 
(Fig. 10). After calling at Jakobshavn and other 
places on the mainland we returned to Godhavn, 
which we finally left on the ‘Hans Egede’ on 
Sept. 6. Throughout our wanderings we were 
everywhere received with friendliness and most 
willingly assisted both by Danish officials and by 
Greenlanders. 
On disembarking from the ship’s boat at the 
small landing-stage of a Settlement we were 
greeted by a happy and curious group of natives 
and at the larger Settlements also by some of the 
Danish residents, by whom we were hospitably 
entertained. The European residents keep open 
house when a ship is in harbour and a cordial 
welcome is given to foreign visitors. Though much 
of the food used by the Europeans is imported 
