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Our route lay northward be (95)
'tween Northumberland and Herbert
Islands across the entrance to Ingle-
field Gulf. Along the southeastern
coast of Northumberland Island, massive
trap dikes stand out like buttresses
from the cliffs and connect with great
beds of basalt which form the tops of
the bluffs; while six great glaciers
descend the northern slopes of the
island and (form)
a striking and beau-
tiful feature of the scenery. Inglefield
Gulf presented a beautiful vista
toward the east but its attractiveness
had to be resisted. Peter pointed
Cape Cleveland
out the spot near where Admiral
and Mrs. Pardy spent the winter
when their daughter, the famous Snow
Baby, the only white child of this bleak
region, was born. The weather