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is a wide valley through which Padle river meanders. Farther up, where 
camp was made, the river leaves a lake set in rolling land. West of the 
lake a gap in the bordering upland permits a view of high mountains 
probably bordering Pangnirtung fiord. The mountains along Kingnait 
pass are much lower, are more rounded, and no glaciers lie among them. 
On March 9 a second lake, a mile or so above the first, was traversed. 
At its head a rocky ridge about 200 feet high crosses the pass and forms 
the divide. Terrace lake lies at the foot of the north side of the ridge. 
The lake is small and so shallow that sedges project above the ice in many 
places. The lake is the source of the stream draining Kingnait pass north- 
ward. The stream on issuing from the lake or pond passes through a 
rocky canyon and in a short distance discharges into a second lake. Beyond 
the foot of the lake, the ground falls abruptly for 75 feet in the form of a 
rough, rock slope down which a sledge must be lowered with ropes and 
drags. Beyond this there is a less steep descent of about 100 feet. A 
pond, a few hundred yards long, lies at the foot of the incline. Beyond 
this the course lies along the stream bed which for a few miles is very 
rocky. 
The head of Kingnait fiord was reached the morning of March 10, 
and Pangnirtung post in the evening of March 11. 
Owing to the heavy snowfall which made it impossible to travel with 
a heavy outfit, and because of other considerations, the journey to Net- 
tilling lake was not commenced until April 22, by which time the snow 
was fairly well packed by the wind. The writer was accompanied by 
Constable Thomas Tredgold. In addition, the party consisted of an 
Eskimo with his wife and child, and another Eskimo with his wife. A 
23-foot surf boat provided with a sail was loaned by the police, for navigat- 
ing Nettilling lake and had to be transported from Pangnirtung fiord. 
An 18-foot canvas canoe with other equipment had been, in the previous 
autumn, forwarded as far as Kangertlukjuak bay, Nettilling fiord. 
For the hauling of the boat and heavy supplies over the 150 miles to 
Nettilling lake it was necessary to enlist the temporary services of four 
native drivers with their dogs. Their teams, with those of the main party, 
raised the number of dogs to seventy. Twenty of these were used to haul 
the boat which was mounted on a wide, remodelled sledge. 
Pangnirtung post was left late in the morning of April 22. Cape 
Nasauyak was passed at noon. From here a course was laid across the 
sound from Imigen, about 40 miles distant. The snow and ice in Pang- 
nirtung fiord, and for a few miles out in the open, made smooth and 
excellent travelling, but were succeeded by raftered ice and high undulating 
snow banks that reduced the rate of progress by half. About 28 miles of 
the way was covered by night. 
April 23 was clear and cold. The travelling conditions were a repeti- 
tion of those of the previous day. The high drifts, which ran at right 
angles to the course, were more abrupt and caused the boat-sledge con- 
siderable trouble. Extra dogs were taken from the teams ahead and put 
in the boat-team, after which progress somewhat improved. Four men 
walked beside the boat to steady it. The Eskimo village at Imigen was 
reached in late afternoon. 
On April 24, at a place about 15 miles west of Imigen, open water was 
encountered that hugged the coast and ran brokenly for a long distance 
south across Nettilling fiord. There was no evidence of open water at 
