the upgrade to the highest ridge of the [1/83] Ice cap (along the trail i.e.) we reached the summit at 2:30 a.m. and my anoid gave the elevation as being 2050 feet above the sea. The sky was overcast so thickly that we could not even determine the po- sition of the sun, but the atmosphere was not thick and the cloudiness was advantageous for our eyes. View from summit is very ex- tensive and I was sorry not to be able to stop longer for its enjoyment. Much open water along the shore and for 30-35 miles, but beyond that was a solid field of ice as far as the eye could see, from the Cape York region northward. The neve field of the Peterik glacier is several miles across and it took us nearly two hours to traverse it. Nunnats project through the ice cap some miles to the east of the trail & indicate that we are not on the main con- tinental cap. From the northern portion of the Peterik neve' and beyond, I got a good look at the maze of summits and gorges in the Cape Athol district. More strongly than before did I realize the foolishness of the undertaking of Norman & Taylor to walk to Umanak on 2 & February. After we reached the summit we encountered a moderate north-northeastly or northeasterly breeze which was so keen that I soon asked Rasmussen to stop and let me put on my sweater under my netska. Then I was all right- and comfortable again. The cloudy sky made the surface of the ice cap much softer and more diffident for the dogs than it was under the clear sky which favored Ras. Nunnsen's downward trip. The level of the Peterik neve' was about 1700' A.T. where we crossed it. Then we ascended 100'+ and began the long descent of the glacier, parallel with the lateral moraine - unless the moraine is to be regarded as the terminal moraine of the border of the ice cap. Moraine is very hum -