spread to biocene in latitude [30] 69°20' N. on the apparently inhabi- table coast of Greenland. Then we boarded our launch and started back to the vessel; on the way we put in at a shallow bay to get some fresh fish from a family of Eski- moo having their summer tupic (skintent) there. Our tender was a stubby little boat about seven feet long belonging to the inspector and not intended to hold more than two or three people. As the inspector, the governor and I push- ed off from the launch, the cap. tain stepped into the bow and loaded the little craft down so that we had only about two inches of freeboard left and we had to still sit as still as the proverbial