CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
The colonisation of Greenland by Eric the Red; its re-colonisa- 
tion by Hans Egede in 1721. From Copenhagen to Disko Island 
in 1921. The Danish Arctic Station. ‘The last ee of 
the ‘Fox’ ©. ‘ : : ‘ s P I 
CHAPTER II 
Greenland a Jand of sunshine. Physical features and scraps of 
geological history. Evidence from fossil plants of warmer climates 
n the past. A limitless desert of ice; glaciers and icebergs 22 
CHAPTER III 
The Eskimoes and their rulers. Greenland a ‘closed’ country. 
Danish methods of government. Life, personal characteristics, 
language, and dress of the Eskimoes. The ee and the umyak. 
Coal in Greenland : : E 39 
CHAPTER IV 
The variety and beauty of the flora of Greenland. Some salient 
features of Arctic vegetation. Arctic and tropical vegetation con- 
trasted. The Arctic and the Antarctic. Lichens and colour in 
nature. : : : é P 2 : .  , 60 
CHAPTER V 
More about fossil plants. The relation between rocks and scenery. 
Rocks formed as sediment under water and rocks that are volcanic. 
Dykes of basalt. The loneliness of a Greenland beach. Deserted 
Settlements . é . : : 77 
CHAPTER VI 
Hare Island. Drift-wood. Upernivik Island. The catechist at 
home. Atanikerdluk; its scenery, fossil plants, and dykes. First 
and last impressions of Greenland . : ; : 83 
