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a few glaucous gulls were observed at the Nauyarping tide-hole. On the 
afternoon of May 1, a flock of about a thousand king eiders passed going 
northwest. Later, several dozen alighted in the tide-hole nearby. 
On May 2 the temperature was between 30 and 34 degrees. The 
journey was continued by the Kassigidjen route, crossing from the head 
of the bay over a low isthmus to the fiord 2 miles distant. Camp was 
pitched 3 miles beyond at the Kognung tide-hole. This is the last tide- 
hole on the route, with the exception of a small hole which sometimes 
exists a mile or so farther ahead. Seals for dog food must, therefore, be 
secured at this point. Caribou cannot be relied upon for this purpose. 
May 3 w T as clear, the temperature 45 degrees above zero, rising but 
little even at mid-day. Part of the outfit was sent on to Kaugia, at the 
end of the fiord, but camp was maintained at the tide-hole in order that 
the procuring of dog-food might be continued. In the country around 
the camp snow lay in the larger valleys, in many places 20 to 30 feet deep. 
The higher ridges were practically bare, having been cleared by the winds. 
The hills were much lower than farther east, though just as rugged. The 
average height is 400 or 500 feet. A little to the northeast some heights 
appeared to reach 1,000 feet. 
May 4 was clear. Travelling -was good and the end of the fiord was 
reached by evening. Camp was pitched on the edge of the first small 
lake of the chain constituting the route to Nettilling lake. It lies 30 feet 
above sea-level and its southeastern end is only about 65 yards from a bay 
on the fiord, which extends for several miles to the southwest. The rise 
and fall of the tide at the head of the fiord is only 8 feet. 
May 5 was cloudless. A cache of food, gasoline, etc., was made and 
part of the outfit left temporarily at the camp site. Isoa, at the head of 
Nettilling lake, was reached in the evening. 
The first lake along the route is 2 miles long and lies between two 
steep, broken ridges about 500 feet high. At the northwest end of the 
lake the land rises brokenly and a stream 840 yards long enters from the 
second lake to the west. This lake lies 130 feet above the sea. A small 
stream with a waterfall enters on the north shore from a series of lakes in 
that quarter. The second lake is half a mile long. A portage of 495 
yards separates it from the third lake, which is If miles long and lies at 
an elevation of 200 feet. A narrow, rocky stream connects the two. 
The surrounding hills are bold and broken, with an average height of about 
400 feet. The next and largest lake of the route is Amittok, which is 8 
miles long and lies at 180 feet above sea-level. The drainage of the first 
three lakes is to Nettilling fiord. The height of land is a low, rocky ridge 
250 yards wide. 
Fairly fresh trails of caribou were encountered after leaving the fiord, 
and a band of seven caribou was seen in early afternoon half-way up Amittok 
lake. 
The shoreline of Amittok lake is irregular, with deep, irregular arms. 
The northwest end is bounded by slopes so gradual that with deep snow 
on the ground it is difficult in many places to determine where the land 
begins and the lake ceases. The adjoining hills and ridges are much lower 
and more rounded than at the fiord, or even a few miles away at the farther 
end of the lake. The greatest elevations do not exceed 300 feet; the general 
average is nearly 150 feet. 
