Greenland 1915 1 Record of Photographs
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Cape Northumberland Island show some remarkable dikes cutting a- cross the strata from sea level to the table land - Cape Parry is a bold promontory of basalt (?). Columnar basalt along sea level. Some small grottoes are in this. High S.S. wind forced us to anchor for night. 17 September - Western point of Saunders Island pre- sents strikingly vertical cliffs which are very beautiful with their inclined banding red, purple and white quartzite (Huronian) About 6pm reached "Cluett" at anchor in North Star Bay not far from Minemale. 19 September - Sunday 13.9 19x 14,5 to 4 - Dundas mountain to east end of North Star Bay & the "Duger Lis" leaving the "Cluett" with her tender & Mac's canoe in tow - [14.3+4 spotted in-developer Dundas]