Download or read book Danmark-Ekspeditionen Til Gronlands Nordostkyst 1906-1908, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint) written by L. Mylius-Erichsen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-23 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Danmark-Ekspeditionen Til Gronlands Nordostkyst 1906-1908, Vol. 5 It was thus of the greatest importance to advance as far north as possible by ship, in order to form a favourable base for the coming north-going sledge journeys. The expedition was in so far fortunate. This particular summer the ice-hindrances were not too great to permit the ship's seeking winter harbour as far north as at Cape Bismarck lat. N. In Danmarks Havn The arrival here took place on Aug. 17th 1906. For about two years the ship lay at anchor in Danmarks Havn which formed the starting point for the sledge journeys of the expedition. For my investigations which were necessarily bound mostly to the territory in the neighbourhood of the ship's harbour, the point reached was no less fortunate. I found here in the comparatively fertile, low coast country a strongly concentrated higher animal life which was surely richer than in any other tract visited by the expedition, with regard to species as well as to individuals. All the year round I had thus good Opportunities, not only to make myself acquainted with the biology of the animal forms in question, but also to gather the zoological material necessary for working out the description later on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.