370 NEW LAND. 



direction it appeared as a large lowland with extensive sands, 

 where the sea-ice lay pressed up to quite incredible heights. North 

 and west of this land, as far as I could make out, was sea, and 

 again sea, with ordinary coarse polar ice. South of us was Axel 

 Heiberg Land, which did not rise to any great height, but fell 

 very abruptly into the sea. I drew a sketch-map of the land as 

 it appeared^from this spot, and with some trouble collected enough 





AT LANDS LOKK. OUR NOliTHEUNMUST CAMP. 1902. 



stones to build a small cairn, which, at any rate, was not too 

 small to be seen from the camping ground three minutes south of 

 the spot. 



I went home ; we took a few more azimuths to different places, 

 and then began to make the ' butter porridge,' for it was a standing 

 dish at our farthest point north. 



This spot lay on 81 40' north latitude, and has been named 

 ' Lands Lokk,' or ' Land's End.' It was the farthest point north 

 of the expedition. 



