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of the 10th we reached the shore of the bay and halted 

 for lunch, having made good two miles.' 



Dr. Coppinger found a smooth floe of one season's 

 ice extending across the mouth of Newman Bay, between 

 the position of Hall's Cairn and the boat-camp ; both 

 old and young floes were met with inside the bay. 

 The entrance must, therefore, have been free from 

 pack-ice when the frost set in the previous autumn. 



The fresh tracks of a bear were observed in the 

 bay, it is therefore probable that it managed to exist 

 in the neighbourhood during the previous winter. 



On the plains between Polaris Bay and Newman 

 Bay, estimated to be 300 feet above the sea, the soft 

 snow rendered the travelling bad, but being favoured 

 by a strong easterly wind Dr. Coppinger 's party crossed 

 in two days. He states in his report, ' Our road is 

 still the same undulating plain, covered everywhere 

 with soft snow, without a track of bird or beast, and 

 presenting to the eye as dreary and monotonous an 

 aspect as can well be imagined.' 



