"the 'Clarett', in the improbable (1)20 case that she was taking advantage of the favorable through strong wind to follow our course to Etah. We crossed the sound in safety, but went no further than the western end of the island off a gentle slope where some old ruined igloos be- token former occupation of the land by Eskimos, for there we en- countered a vast field of tightly packed ice pans and bergs which filled the space between Saunders Island, Wostenholm Island and the mainland. Turning back, we skirted the northeastern shore of Saunders Island making for Oomanats, as the head of North Star Bay. The cliffs along this side of the island are magnificent-