OUR Danish botanists took part in the Botanical Expedition to West

• Main Authors: W. Bocher, M. Skytte Christiansen The Lichenologist, Kjeld Holmen The Bryo
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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• Language: English
• Subjects: Fig. 3. The edge of the ice cap; about 67"N. In the left background the heath vegetatiorl reaches right up to the lateral moraines; Arsuk; Arsuk Fjord; Arctic; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.694.1986; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic4-1-46.pdf

logist, and the writer was responsible for collecting vascular plants and fresh water algae and for making analyses of the vegetation and measure-ments of the environmental factors. The expenses of the expedition were paid by the Carlsberg Founda-tion and further assistance was given by the Royal Danish Navy and the Grqhlands Styrelse. The American authorities at the Bluie West 8 airbase in SGndre Strgmfjord placed a house at our disposal, where we were able to set up a laboratory for microscopic work and handling of the material collected. Our investigations concentrated on three areas: Arsuk Fjord, Godt-haab, and S@ndre Strgmfjord. At the last place we spent a little over one month, and from our headquarters a t the airbase we made several fairly long excursions, such as to the edge of the ice cap and into the Qrkendalen, an extensive valley with desert-like areas of drift sand. The edge of the ice cap is stagnant in this region; no oscillations of any