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...point on or about September 20. The main object of the voyage will be to offer to the members of the excursion party opportunity of studying the volcanic cones and lava-fields, the geysers, ice-caves and glaciers of Iceland, the fiords and glaciers of the west coast of Greenland, and the mountains and fiords of Northern Labrador. Some attention will be paid to the hydrographic condition of the waters traversed. Botanists, zoologists, ornithologists, mineralogists, and those interested in other branches of natural history many pursue independent studies. A hunting party may take part in the expedition; it could...
Explanatory lectures on the regions visited will be given from time to time by the leader of the excursion, who will also act as guide on the Labrador coast where he spent the summer of 1900. It is expected that in Greenland and Iceland, specialists on the geology and physical geography of these countries will lead the party. Wherever possible the attempt will be made to increase the stock of existing information concerning the three regions. It is desirable, though not necessary, that applicants for membership in the party possess at least an elementary knowledge of geology. Citizens of other...
...people themselves are much like the Greenland Eskimos in appearance and physique. Both men and women wear the ordinary hooded frocks that one sees in pictures of them. The men wear knee breeches and high kneebooks both made of reindeer skin. The women wear long trousers of the same material terminating in boot feet, this garment being all in one piece...
...Geological Conference. Papers: The Tourmaline Mine at Haddam Neck, Conn. Dr. Charles Palache.--A Visit to the Greenland Coast. Mr. B. F. Bell. Rotch Building...
...Geological Conference. Papers: The Tourmaline Mine at Haddam Neck, Conn. Dr. Charles Palache.--A visit to the Greenland cost. Mr. B. F. Bell. Rotch Building...