. The voyages of the Norsemen to America. Mouth of Agdliutsok Fiord^ Eastern Settlement By courtesy of M. Clemmensen. Mouth of Tasermiut Fiord^ Eastern Settlement By courtesy of Justitsraad F. Froda. Photograph by A. H. Jessen THE NORSEMEN TO AMERICA 23 until September, but for the last three months of the yearthe Cape is usually free from ice. Oif Julianehaab the icemay extend to about one hundred and twenty miles fromland. It usually drifts up along the west coast as high aslat. 63°, where it begins to swing westward, but may befound as high as lat. 66°. The navigation on Julianehaab Bay is
. The voyages of the Norsemen to America. Mouth of Agdliutsok Fiord^ Eastern Settlement By courtesy of M. Clemmensen. Mouth of Tasermiut Fiord^ Eastern Settlement By courtesy of Justitsraad F. Froda. Photograph by A. H. Jessen THE NORSEMEN TO AMERICA 23 until September, but for the last three months of the yearthe Cape is usually free from ice. Oif Julianehaab the icemay extend to about one hundred and twenty miles fromland. It usually drifts up along the west coast as high aslat. 63°, where it begins to swing westward, but may befound as high as lat. 66°. The navigation on Julianehaab Bay is difficult and dan-gerous. Ships bound thither from Europe should steer pastCape Farewell and follow the boundary of the ice westward,at least as far as Cape Desolation, before they attempt tosteer towards land. The farther up the coast a vessel makesland, the easier it is for it to find a passage through the west of Cape Desolation, however, where the direc-tion of the Polar current changes rather abruptly from westto northwest, a local spreading-out of the ice takes place,which often permits ships to
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