[Guadeloupe, Saint Vincent, 'Cluett' Voyage] 1915-1916
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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