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FARTHEST NORTH 



make as much use of the wind as possible. We passed 

 a low promontory covered by a gently sloping glacier;* 

 around it lay a number of islands, which must, we 

 thought, have held the ice fast. A little farther on 



SAILING ALONG THE COAST 



we came under some high basaltic cliffs, and here the 

 wind dropped completely. As it was also hazy, and we 



* As this promontory is probably the land Jackson saw farthest north 

 in the spring of 1895, it has no name upon my map. It is otherwise with 

 the islands outside, which he did not notice. They are only indicated ap- 

 proximately (as Geelmuyden Island and Alexander's Island), as I am not 

 certain of either their number or their exact situation. 



