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were only sixty or seventy feet high. One may 

 well ask where these gigantic masses of ice come 

 from, because, according to my knowledge, 

 there is no glacier in northern Greenland capable 

 of producing such seracs. One assumes that 

 they part from the great glacier in the Franz 

 Joseph Fjord, float through the canals and 

 become stranded on the higher points of the 

 coast during the winter. 



Before us to the north-west, forming a black 

 band across the ice about Cape James, appeared 

 Jackson Island. Behind it rose the summits 

 of Clavering Island ; below these mountains 

 sparkled the glacier of Tyrol Fjord, which 

 extends far into the interior. 



To the north-east a white mass, five thousand 

 feet high, rose to the clouds ; it was Mount Saddle 

 crowning Wollaston Foreland. 



The sun sank towards the ice covering Gael 

 Hamkes Bay, dyeing with crimson the mountain 

 snows, and producing truly marvellous effects. 

 The sea, still as a lake, gurgled in our wake as 

 we went crushing through the ice. I observed 

 several ducks and sea-swallows circling in the 

 air, flashing downwards now and then on their 

 prey. A few seals rose, breaking the smooth 

 surface of the water into large concentric 

 circles. Only with difficulty was I able to 



