rocky and is not derived from /184 any bordering high land, for no such shows along the whole stretch to the river discharging into North Star Bay. Composed of earth, sand, gravel and small boulders with an occasional large erratic. Some- times the dogs were driven at utmost speed to keep out of the way of the sliding kamaratik. Great fun! Crossed some streams flowing in the surface of the glacier. These must have considerable effect in reduc- ing the swiftness of the glacial river, for this does not seem to be much water coming from underneath the ice. Reach- ed the place for descent from the ice about 6:15 and slid down without accident, the surface being soft. 80-100 feet. Exciting moments, with dogs on full jump! Sledge on the rear cor- ners of the runners, being held there by Rasmussen who, with firm grasp on the upstanderbar, dug his heels into the snow-ice to check the rapidity of descent. Bottom of glacier stream (ice) 800 feet A.T. We stopped beside an erratic section of a large basaltic column, made coffee, had some- things to eat and rested for about two hours. Then began the 10-mile stretch over stones, moss, grass and earth with an occasional en- couraging ribbon of snow. Even going over this stuff, the dogs pulled the sledge with me on it at a rate that usually made Rasmus- sen try to keep up. We reached the ice foot of North Star Bay about 10:25 and after a little maneuvering to cross out to the solid ice we drove to the house, where Esk & Dr. are living. Except for 100 yds+ crossing the ice foot I stuck to the kamaratik. Esk greeted me cordially, and Dr. evidently meant it when he said that he was glad to see me. I feel like a boy on a vacation from school, or possibly a man released from prison, to be free from the clutch of- living on her a year lasting one week, during wh- the 7 nights spent at Cape York were my only absence. + Slept 5 hours in the afternoon and then after a pleasant evening with the boys turned in again at 10:30