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ahpik immediately went out in his kayak, which we had in 

 tow, after them. He remained out for an hour, but as the 



result of cautiousness, either on his 

 part or on the part of the whales, 

 he did not succeed in getting near 

 enough to use his harpoon, and 

 returned unsuccessful. The \-ie\v 

 from our camp w^as very impressive. 

 Facing us, and forming nearly a 

 semicircle, was a great glacier; just 

 across the cove a great nunatak 

 reared its brown mass abo\-e the ice, 

 and everywhere the 

 cliffs were of a warm 

 red and brown color- 

 ing, a marked contrast 

 to the wintry shores 

 of Herbert and North- 

 umberland islands, 

 and to the chilly, 

 gray sandstone cliffs 

 of Karnah. Our tent 

 was pitched just above 

 high-water mark beside a little stream whose banks were 

 actually yellow with Arctic poppies. 



The heavy showers continued through the night, and we 

 waited until noon of the i ith for them to cease. Verhoeff was 



Pillar of Sandstone. 



