gently northward to sea-level. Travel was very difficult in places owing 
to the profusion of boulders. 
The east coast at the head of northern Pangnirtung fiord, was reached 
in the morning of February 12. Travel on the fiord was very good, though 
a couple of inches of fresh snow had fallen and camp was made at a place 
about 8 miles from the mouth of the fiord. On February 13, after reaching 
the entrance to the fiord, a north course was followed along the tide-crack 
paralleling the coast. Along this crack, with the rise and fall of the tide, 
there is in many places more or less flooding, and the water on freezing 
forms a narrow, hard track affording good travelling conditions. After 
following the tide-crack for a few miles, it was left and the mouth of Mear- 
tajene fiord was crossed in order to reach the mainland south of Broughton 
island. Crossing the fiord, deep, soft snow was encountered. 
On February 14, a blizzard was blowing and very little progress was 
made. The next day, the storm having abated, the Eskimo encampment 
at Kekertukjuak was reached. On February 17, the journey northward 
was resumed. For the length of Broughton island, the ice between it and 
the mainland was very fair. Off Kingnelling, however, much rough ice 
was encountered. Here the coast is open to Davis strait, and in the 
autumnal gales the ice had raftered for some distance off the coast. Num- 
erous small bergs were frozen in the ice-fields. Giant bergs could be seen 
farther out to sea. Beyond the big cape north of Kingnelling, smooth ice 
lay between the outer pack-ice and the shore. The outpost of the Sabellum 
Trading Company at Kevetuk, was reached about noon on February 18. 
On February 21, Kevetuk was left and the return journey commenced. 
The weather was cold, clear, and the wind light. Kekertukjuak was 
reached the following day. On February 23, a southeastward course was 
followed towards Kekertallukjuak on the way to Merchants bay. Camp 
was made north of Kangerlloaping fiord. The mainland is high with many 
rounded summits rising to at least 3,000 feet. 
On February 12, travelling conditions remained good for several 
miles to where rafted ice and soft snow were encountered. Over large 
areas the ice had been forced into ridges and hummocks 6 feet and more 
high. Many icebergs were visible. Rough ice continued to some little 
distance within Merchants bay. February 13 w r as a day of wind and 
snow which so delayed progress that not until late afternoon was Padle 
reached, an Eskimo village on a small island lying several miles southeast 
of Padloping island and almost exactly in the entrance to Kangertlukjuak 
fiord. 
During the night of February 27, between 1^ and 2 feet of snow fell 
and snow continued to fall the following day and night. The resulting 
heavy cover of soft snow made travelling impossible until winds should 
have packed the snow. On March 6 the journey was resumed with the 
help of two Eskimo and their dog teams to break trail ahead of the loaded 
sled. By evening Padle fiord had been entered and followed inland for 
some miles to where occasional small areas of old crust showed through 
the new snow. On March 7, travelling conditions continued to improve 
and the evening camp was made at a place several miles up Padle river 
beyond the head of the fiord. 
On March 8, the two added Eskimo and their teams turned back and 
the writer with his Eskimo companion and one dog team continued the 
journey southward through Kingnait pass. About 8 miles up, the pass 
