﻿Newfoundland, 
  Labrador 
  and 
  Southern 
  Greenland. 
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  while 
  the 
  flank 
  of 
  this 
  promontory 
  facing 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  was 
  

   marked 
  by 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  clearly 
  defined 
  moraines 
  composed 
  

   mostly 
  of 
  pretty 
  well 
  rounded 
  bowlders. 
  Below 
  the 
  200-foot 
  

   level 
  these 
  had 
  evidently 
  been 
  partially 
  rearranged 
  by 
  wave 
  

   action. 
  But 
  there 
  was 
  here 
  a 
  large 
  amount, 
  also, 
  of 
  till 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  water's 
  edge 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  thus 
  modi- 
  

   fied. 
  This 
  deposit 
  of 
  till 
  was 
  larger 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  which 
  I 
  

   saw 
  in 
  Greenland. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  fiord 
  at 
  Ikamiut, 
  about 
  20 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Sukker- 
  

   toppen, 
  and 
  directly 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Sermersut, 
  the 
  gla- 
  

   cial 
  phenomena 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  significant 
  kind. 
  This 
  fiord 
  

   extends 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  open 
  channel 
  about 
  eight 
  miles, 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  met 
  by 
  the 
  perpendicular 
  ice-front 
  of 
  an 
  extensive 
  glacier 
  

   which 
  here 
  projects 
  from 
  the 
  inland 
  ice. 
  The 
  height 
  of 
  this 
  

   ice-front 
  is 
  from 
  100 
  to 
  200 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  fiord 
  

   two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles, 
  but 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  third 
  of 
  its 
  distance 
  the 
  

   ice 
  terminates 
  on 
  gravel 
  deposits 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  laid 
  down 
  in 
  

   front 
  of 
  it. 
  On 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  glacier 
  the 
  ice 
  is 
  

   much 
  broken, 
  rendering 
  it 
  impossible 
  for 
  one 
  to 
  traverse 
  it. 
  

   The 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  ice, 
  however, 
  is 
  evidently 
  very 
  slow 
  ; 
  for, 
  

   though 
  the 
  front 
  is 
  perpendicular, 
  the 
  icebergs 
  that 
  break 
  off 
  

   from 
  it 
  are 
  small 
  and 
  few, 
  even 
  when 
  compared 
  with 
  those 
  

   from 
  the 
  Muir 
  Glacier 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   glacial 
  streams 
  is 
  only 
  slightly 
  colored 
  by 
  the 
  glacial 
  sediment. 
  

  

  We 
  ascended 
  this 
  glacier 
  along 
  its 
  southern 
  edge 
  for 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  of 
  six 
  miles, 
  reaching 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  1800 
  feet, 
  where 
  a 
  

   very 
  sharp 
  and 
  high 
  mmatak 
  divided 
  the 
  glacier 
  which 
  was 
  

   here 
  from 
  six 
  to 
  eight 
  miles 
  wide. 
  

  

  Upon 
  looking 
  back 
  over 
  the 
  space 
  we 
  had 
  traversed 
  we 
  

   could 
  see 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Ikamiut 
  fiord 
  the 
  glacier 
  en- 
  

   countered 
  a 
  mountain 
  rising 
  4000 
  feet 
  which 
  caused 
  it 
  to 
  

   divide 
  and 
  put 
  off 
  two 
  branches, 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  northwest 
  and 
  one 
  

   to 
  the 
  southwest. 
  The 
  southern 
  fiord 
  leads 
  directly 
  down 
  to 
  

   Sukkertoppen, 
  and 
  is 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  that 
  leading 
  to 
  Ikamiut. 
  

  

  From 
  our 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  we 
  could 
  easily 
  see 
  that 
  the 
  southern 
  

   fiord 
  was 
  much 
  more 
  encumbered 
  by 
  floating 
  ice 
  than 
  the 
  

   northern. 
  From 
  this 
  point, 
  also, 
  the 
  rugged 
  and 
  angular 
  con- 
  

   tour 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  were 
  strikingly 
  notice- 
  

   able. 
  Upon 
  looking 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  the 
  ice-cap, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   freshly 
  fallen 
  snow, 
  stretched 
  away 
  beyond 
  the 
  nunatak 
  as 
  far 
  

   as 
  the 
  eye 
  could 
  see. 
  We 
  were 
  looking 
  out 
  upon 
  the 
  same 
  ice- 
  

   field 
  which 
  we 
  beheld 
  two 
  weeks 
  before 
  from 
  Nukagpiak, 
  at 
  a 
  

   right 
  angle 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  Isortok 
  fiord 
  and 
  twenty 
  miles 
  

   distant. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  most 
  impressive 
  phenomena 
  upon 
  this 
  glacier 
  

   were 
  the 
  majestic 
  swells 
  in 
  the 
  ice 
  as 
  it 
  broke 
  against 
  the 
  

   mountain 
  barrier 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  fiords. 
  In 
  vast 
  masses 
  sepa- 
  

  

  