Cape Alexander is a bold head -1/05 700 or 800 feet high land of sandstone capped with a heavy ^ bed of basalt projecting as a sharp point ten or twelve miles from the mainland. Among Arctic travelers it is noted for the strong winds and tidal currents which prevail around its abrupt face, while the Eskimos dread it on account of the open usually to be encountered then during the which is when often there all winter, forcing sledges to traverse the promon- tory by means of two somewhat dif-ficult glaciers three or four miles back from the point - We rounded the cape without incident and we were relieved to be on the best stretch of On the south side of the Cape Alexander from which our journey - is the grave of Dr. Sar-ntag, Dr. Hayes's valued assistant and astronomer, who lost his life from shock caused by falling into the winter sea.