The Land of Desolation: Being a Personal Narrative of Observation and Adventure in GreenlandHayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel)
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The Land of Desolation: Being a Personal Narrative of Observation and Adventure in Greenland
Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel)
Greenland -- Description and travel; Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881
CHAPTER VIII.
Upernavik 318
CHAPTER IX.
Disco Island 328
CHAPTER X.
Jacobshavn 339
CHAPTER XI.
A Week at Godhavn 348
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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The “Panther” among the Icebergs _Frontispiece_.
View of Julianashaab 27
The Oomiak and Crew 46
View of the Old Norse Ruins 63
Ground-plan of Ruins 67
Concordia at the Picnic 93
A Greenland Parliament in Session 104
Concordia Dressed for the Ball 119
Front View of the Glacier 147
Crossing the Crevasse on an Ice-bridge 160
Map of the Glacier 162
The Glacier of Sermitsialik 167
Vertical Section of Glacier 170
The Kryolite Mine at Arsut Fiord 207
The Peak of Kresarsoak 221
Entering the Fiord 224
The Lumme of the Arctic Sea 226
Shooting Lumme 228
Esac 231
Esac’s Hut 233
The Governor and Family 238
View of Upernavik and Kresarsoak 241
Eider-ducks 246
The Polar Bear 254
Seals 256
The Devil’s Thumb 261
The Panther after the Bears 268
The Captain after the Bear 278
Moored to a Floe in Melville Bay 287
The Iceberg Castle 291
We Steam away from the Midnight Sun 295
The most Northern House on the Globe 299
Jensen and his Family 303
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