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Cape Seddon is composed of
dark gray banded feldspathic
gruss. It is intersected near
Tooktooliksuah with some nar-
row steep-walled gorges, which look
as if they might be due to the decon-
position and removal of trap discs,
but they were so filled with snow
that I did not see the rock itself.
The Eskimos here get their water
even in the coldest weather from a
small lake or pond in the hills 100
feet (?) above the igloos. There is no
glacier here or any part of the ice cap,
hence the depression must be filled
with melted snow and groundwater
from the surrounding heights.
Did not learn the thickness of the