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ment in the expedition and wished to return, but was 
too late. He remained as a volunteer. The surgeon was 
frequently insubordinate and was at last put under arrest, 
and later there was trouble with one of the sergeants 
named Cross. Lieutenant Lockwood was the life and 
soul of the expedition. He undertook short journeys in 
the autumn, laying out depots, and upwards of a hundred 
musk oxen were seen, and many shot, so that fresh 
meat could be served out three times a week. During 
the dark winter months Lieutenant Lockwood edited a 
paper entitled The Arctic Moon, with illustrations by 
himself. 
An expedition along the north coast of Greenland 
had been decided upon, and during March Lieutenant 
Lockwood undertook a preliminary journey across the 
channel to Thank God Harbour, visiting Hall's grave. 
A depot was also placed at Cape Sumner. 
On the 2nd April Lockwood's expedition started, 
consisting of the dog-sledge Antoinette with a team 
of eight dogs, and some supporting sledges. At Cape 
Britannia on the north coast of Greenland, near Beau- 
mont's furthest, all the supporting sledges were sent 
back, a depot was left, and on April 30th Lockwood 
proceeded with Sergeant Brainard and the Eskimo 
Frederick. The sledge was loaded with 25 days' rations 
for three persons weighing 230 lb., 300 lb. of dog pem- 
mican, constant weights 176 lb., the sledge itself 80 lb., 
total 786 lb. As they advanced the snow became soft, 
and a portion of the load was thrown off, to be picked 
up on the return journey. The ice foot further on was 
smooth and the dogs went at a trot, the men sitting on 
the sledge by turns. On the 14th May they reached 
their furthest point, which was called Lockwood Island. 
On the 15th observations were taken, the result being 
Lat. 83 0 24' N., Long. 40 0 46' 30" W. The return was 
without incident, and Conger was reached June 1st. 
The dogs had done well and enabled a good journey of 
two months to be made. 
Lockwood's coast-line extends for no miles of longi- 
tude, or altogether 150 miles. It consists of a succession 
of high, rocky, and precipitous promontories, with inter- 
vening inlets, and a mass of snow-clad mountains inland. 
