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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...t BOS, PHILADELPHIA. Vol. I No.? BULLETIN Feb20im OF THE Geographical Club OF PHILADELPHIA.UNIVER The Peary Auxiliary Expedition of 1894 BY HENRY G. BRYANT With Supplementary Reports BY PROF. T. C. CHAMBERLIN (Geology) DR. AXEL OHLIN (Zoology) List of Plants Collected, etc. OFFICERS, 1895-96. President. Mr. Edw1n Sw1ft Balch. Vice-Presidents. Prof. Angelo He1lpr1n, Dr. Daniel G. Br1nton. Corresponding Secretary. Recording Secretary. Dr. Paul J. Sarta1n, Mr. Henry G. Bryant. 212 W. Logan Square. Treasurer. M1ss Mary Blak1ston, 2042 Chestnut Street. BULLETIN OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA Vol. I June, 1895-No. 5 THE PEARY AUXILIARY EXPEDITION OF 1894 BY HENRY G. BRYANT Recording Secretary Geographical Club of Philadelphia With Supplementary Reports by PROF. T. C. CHAMBERLIN, Geologist DR. AXEL OHLIN, Zoologist List of Plants Collected, Etc. Greenland may be regarded as one of the few countries which still present problems of primary importance to the explorer. Known to Europeans since the days of Erik the Red, the wandering Viking who is credited with discovering and colonizing the region in the latter part of the 1oth century, the northern and northeastern outlines of this great continental area are still represented on our maps by lines of conjectural rather than ascertained exactness. Yet, in view of the physical disadvantages attending research in the region, the achievements of the past cannot be lightly estimated and the eventual survey of the unknown area may justly be regarded as a geographical work requiring the highest qualities on the part of the Arctic traveller. Interest in Greenland exploration has been stimulated in America within the last four years, by the two expeditions of Civil Engineer Robert E. Peary, U. S....