1876 



NORTH COAST OF GREENLAND. 



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being very clear we 

 could distinguish 

 that three or four 

 miles to the south- 

 ward a very exten- 

 sive old floe occu- 

 pied at least half 

 the breadth of the 

 channel ; it was evi- 

 dently so good a 

 roadway for the 

 sledges that it was 

 at once named the 

 " Crossing Floe." 

 The north shore of 

 Greenland was seen 

 extending to the 

 eastward for an 

 unknown distance 

 until lost in the 

 mirage. 



• When descend- 

 ing the hard snow- 

 slope on the hill, 

 off which the softer 

 snow had been 

 carried by the late 

 gale, Eawson slipped 

 and slid down the 

 steep incline head 

 first for at least 

 a hundred yards. 



