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succinctly set forth as follows: “So far as concerns the geo¬ 
graphical and geological work of the expedition, which has just 
returned, it may be said that the coast of Greenland, from about 
64° 25' to 78° 45', was seen at sufficiently close range to allow of 
a general study of its geographical features. This study was in¬ 
terrupted more or less by the fog which hung about the coast with 
exasperating persistency. Nearly the whole of the coast of Disco 
was seen under advantageous conditions. At Holstensborg, God- 
havn, Jakobshavn and Atanikerdluk, opportunity was afforded 
for a cursory study of the local geological features. At the last 
named place fossil leaves were collected in considerable numbers. 
“The month of August was spent between the parallels of 75° 
50' and 78° 45', the latter being the most northerly latitude 
reached. Between these parallels nearly every mile of the Green¬ 
land coast was seen at close range, and a considerable number of 
glaciers were studied in detail. The American coast also was seen 
at intervals between the parallels 78° 45' and 71° 30'. While few 
stops were made on this side, the land was sufficiently close to view 
to make the recognition of its general features possible. Its con¬ 
trast with the coast of Greenland in corresponding latitudes was 
most instructive. 
“In connection with glacial studies, some interesting facts were 
gathered in , connection with glacier motion and glacier work. 
Some determinations were also made concerning the former ex¬ 
tension of the ice in relatively recent geological times, and con¬ 
cerning recent changes of level. 
“In other lines the expedition was successful. Of special in¬ 
terest are the two meteorites which were secured at a point a few 
miles off Cape York. The Falcon attempted to reach them in 
1894, but was unable to do so on account of ice. The larger of 
the stones has a weight of something like three tons, while the 
weight of the smaller probably does not exceed 1,000 pounds. 
Both appear to be wholly metallic.” 
From the viewpoint of the modern geographer this description 
of the Greenland co^st is quite the best and most remarkable ac¬ 
count ever presented on the physiography of this northern land. 
Of very different nature from the Greenland Studies were the 
investigations “On the Relationships of the Pleistocene to the 
pre-Pleistocene Formations of Crowley’s Ridge and Adjacent 
