. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in ships ' Alert' and 'Discovery' [microform]. Alert (Ship); Discovery (Ship); Alerte (Navire); Discovery (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. M. ,"â ' s I mi ;ii mm 1 1G8 VOYAOl-: TO THE I'OLAU SIOA. Skptkmbkr Oil the ni()nrm<^ of tlic Otli tlie wcjitliiT clejircHl up with Hght uirs from the nortli, wliich, (â¢oinbined with the of the pressure from the southward, imide a decided dilFerence in tlie ice, und lthvj us every ])rospect of beini; al)le to advaiu-e short 1}'. Duriuj/ the llood-tide I huided witl
. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in ships ' Alert' and 'Discovery' [microform]. Alert (Ship); Discovery (Ship); Alerte (Navire); Discovery (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. M. ,"â ' s I mi ;ii mm 1 1G8 VOYAOl-: TO THE I'OLAU SIOA. Skptkmbkr Oil the ni()nrm<^ of tlic Otli tlie wcjitliiT clejircHl up with Hght uirs from the nortli, wliich, (â¢oinbined with the of the pressure from the southward, imide a decided dilFerence in tlie ice, und lthvj us every ])rospect of beini; al)le to advaiu-e short 1}'. Duriuj/ the llood-tide I huided witli Markham and Feikleii, and wali\ed about tlu'ee miles al()n^'s]iore to the west- ward until we could see Nonnan Lockyor Island, then about four miles distant from us. Ca|)es Victoria and Albert, seen for the lirst time shar|)ly delijied Ji|iainst the clear sky, and only twenty miles distant from us, created in everyone a feeliui; of being within easy and certain reach of home, whatever miLrht occur. All the coast clifls west of Cape Hawks are ma|r- nificent ram])art-like headlands from 900 to 1,000 feet high, i)resenting nearly a straight line facing the sejiâ the conthmity of the front being broken only by the large ravines and the glacier-cut bays. They are composed of a yellowish-j)ink conglomerate of water- worn pebbles, and are perfectly inaccessible except by ascending the valleys far inland. Three or four broods of eider-ducks, still imable to fly, wereswinnning in a pool near the ice-foot. Owing to the warmer temperature during the few ])revious days there was a free run of water in the ravines. At this season, which may be considered to have been the end of the summer thaw, it was noticeable thatâwhile the surface of the ice-foot bordering the shore was, as before stated, level with the top of high- waterâat its inner edge nearest the land a dee]) and broad gutterway had, partly by reflected heat from the hillside and partly by the run of the freshwater off. Ple
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