Greenland 1915 1 Record of Photographs
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12 Nov. Friday. Clear day overhead. Lowlying fog bank came in from sea and enveloped ship for an hour or so after noon but did not reach more than half way up the cliffs. Calm practically all day. Light wind on glaciers for a short time. Went with Skblom up northern arm of Clett glacier nearly to upper nose of Nunatak then turned northeastward and went on up to lateral moraine extending along northern side of glacier for a mile and a half or two miles. Turns at its western end seems to form short- terminal moraine which is nearly buried in snow. Decided that the real glacier probably ends near cline drawn from western end of moraine southwestward to upper end of Nunatak (which is 400 ft above sea, see p.73) and that the snow- [scored out] snow slope stretching from this line to the plain is the surface of an enormous drift. The moraine consists of angular fragments of gneiss. Descended the snow drift banked up on the north side of the moraine into the valley separating moraine continues in detached ridges well up eastward to the ice cap.