"safe for kamatik (dog-sledge) (88 travel even in the middle of winter. But I will not weary my readers with a detailed description of the coast of Northwest Greenland. All is bold, picturesque and interesting, but it has been described more than once. At half after three o'clock in the morning of Monday, 13 September, we reached Kiatak, the Eskimo settle- ment on the southeastern shore of Island, Northumberland where Ootah, broth- er of Bean's polar companions lives. I stopped there to deliver a victoria which had relieved the northward guides sent up to him by the voyage of the Cluvett. Admiral Peter assured me that we should not be delayed an hour on our journey, because Kiatak lay almost on our direct course and land- ing was easy, but he reckoned without