Greenland 2 1916 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Geol.ic. Photographs
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Pudtlak and others have gotten soap-stone from which to make lamp-stoves and pots is about 20 feet above sea level in the face of the gneiss cliff about 1½ mile from the head of Parker Snow (Cleet) Bay, north side. The best of steatite of fairly good quality is 12-18" thick and trends 190-195° mag. netic (= E 10°-15° S) [but perhaps variation is greater than 90° here or some local cause affects compass, for this reading seems to be too great by twenty degrees] Dip 70-85 N. Zone of serpentinized or talcose biotite schist is 6 to 10 or more feet wide in hornblende-biotite gneiss. Out-crop of the zone can be traced 200 yards or more in face of cliff rising toward east. See 69 - Pudtlak; quite fine bale. Gift of Melrose Cotton 14 May. Ex 17-1 - Alacutziak (= Alacotiah) beside his kamatik on wh. is lashed a kayak. (Smoke) 17-2 - Missionary and wife loading their kamatik. He is moving from Kiatek to the vicinity of Cape York