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superb in all directions. That of the [28]
undulating surface of the ice cap
interested me particularly. To the
N.E., 10 or 15 miles away, there is a maze
of angular snow covered peaks and
what is apparently a nunatak of bare
rock. To the south we looked down
the Ekblaw Glacier to the sea at
Sukker. Did not see any black
sea ice in that direction. Off Parker Snow
Bay there is much young black ice but
also much or more snow covered
old ice. As we came down the moun-
tain, we felt the wind increasing
at our backs. The air was rolling
down hill off the ice cap. Some
fine sastingi in the long valley
beside the Cluett Glacier. Had fine
footing all the way, except on the bay
where the surface was strikingly soft.
The top of the mountain is covered