32 VOYAGE TO THE POLAR SEA. MAY 



Latitude of extreme point . . 82 16' 0" N. 



Longitude of extreme point . . 85 33' 0" W. 



Latitude of farthest land seen . 82 10' 0" N. 



Longitude of farthest land seen . 86 30' 0" W.' 



On the homeward journey the attack of scurvy 

 gradually became more pronounced, and the fast 

 increasing weakness of the men rendered the daily 

 distance accomplished so short that the provisions 

 placed in depot on the passage out were insufficient to 

 last them, on full allowance, while travelling from one 

 depot to another. Doubtless the necessarily reduced 

 ration helped to accelerate the advance of the dreadful 

 malady. 



On the 30th Ward Hunt Island was reached, and 

 Aldrich's journal thus continues : 



' Had a hard clamber up a steep slope on the south 

 side of the island, which was covered with deep snow, 

 and reached the top of a ridge about 600 feet above 

 the ice, and which runs to the west in the direction of 

 the cone. I found this nearly bare of snow, and 

 composed of small stones and earth, similar to Crozier 

 Island, in James Eoss Bay. Vegetation was fairly re- 

 presented as regards quantity, in the poppy, saxifrage, 

 and small tufts of grass. I saw no actual tracks of 

 animals, but hares had evidently visited the locality, 

 though not recently. One or two snow-buntings were 

 flying about. 



' The island, as far as I have seen, appears to be 

 formed of small rubble, &c. There is no sign of a 

 cliff, except at the north-west end, the rest being very 

 rounded. Like Crozier Island, and the low projections 



