GLACIAL FRINGE OF GRANT LAND 203 



I then headed directly across the strait to the north- 

 ern extremity of the western land. The ice in the 

 Strait was to all appearance a continuation of that 

 forming the glacial fringe of the Grant Land coast. 



Again I quote from my Journal : 



June 28th. — Two red-letter days which have seen 

 the realisation of another of the objects of this present 

 trip, i. e., the attainment of the northern point of 

 Jesup Land. 



With my feeling of satisfaction is a feeling of sadness 

 and regret that this may be the end of my Arctic work. 

 From now on may simply be putting in shape what 

 I have already done. Twenty years last month since 

 I began, and yet I have missed the prize. 



Oh, for the untiring energy and elasticity of twenty 

 years ago with the experience of to-day. 



It seems as if I deserved to win this time. 



The fog which all day of the 26th hid Jesup Land, 

 dissipated before we got under way and showed the 

 entire coast clearly. 



Still keeping on a direct line for the foot of the 

 bluffs of the northern point, one and one-half miles 

 from camp brought us on to sea ice, and as the snow 

 was soft and deeper on this, and there was more water 

 on it, I gave up my "bee-line" course and kept off to 

 the left on the ice of the Strait. 



At twenty miles we touched the ice-foot at a low 

 bluff point, and found quite a deep bay (five miles 

 at least) separating this from the northern point. 



The snowshoeing had been very heavy thus far, our 



