APPENDIX NO. Y. 
375 
June 20.—We succeeded in getting through the bergs by 2.30 A.M. 
Hans shot a dovekie in one of the cracks. At the same time we first 
sighted the west land with three prominent capes. We soon got on 
better ice than we had yet passed over, and made good headway to the 
N. and E. to within twelve miles of the glacier and about forty miles 
of the west shore. 
The level surface of the glacier was interrupted by rocks and land- 
hills, excepting which, the background was nothing but snow or 
glacier. The land becomes continuous to the N., and has an appear¬ 
ance similar to the hills west of our winter quarters, only the debris is 
comparatively not so high. 
No seals were seen during the two preceding days, but to-day we 
saw several, and three dovekies. We encamped at 7.20 A.M., and at 
11.20 P.M. started again and stood for a point of land which I sup¬ 
posed to be a cape, as there was a vacancy between it and the west land. 
The ice was good and free from bergs; only two or three in sight. 
The weather became very thick and misty. We suffered from cold, 
a strong N.E. wind blowing off the glacier at the time. Temp. -(-20°. 
The west land which I saw faintly yesterday was soon obscured, and 
the cape for which I stood vanished from our view; only a small por¬ 
tion of the east shore remaining faintly visible. I steered my course 
entirely by bearings of the cape which I took yesterday. 
June 21.—At 7 A.M. we reached the mouth of a channel having 
to the northward and westward a fine headland. Here stretching 
ahead we found open water, and before I was aware of it we had gone 
some distance on rotten ice, which was so weak that we could not get 
within a mile and a half of the open water. My first intention was to 
go up the channel on the ice, but the water prevented it. We retraced 
our steps carefully, calling the dogs after us, as they were very much 
frightened. Birds, apparently ducks, were seen in great numbers 
flying over the open water. 
On reaching the safe ice we travelled in an easterly direction, stand¬ 
ing for the cape on the east side of the channel, and halted a mile 
from it at 7.40 A.M. 
After supper, or more properly breakfast, I went to the cape, and 
around it at the distance of four miles from our camp. The tem¬ 
perature of the water was -(-40°. I found it would be difficult to pass 
the cape with a sledge, as the ice-foot was scarcely broad enough; but 
beyond the cape the ice-foot became better, and would apparently afford 
good travelling. We returned, fed the dogs, and turned in, after 
taking a meridian-altitude of the sun. 
