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we caught up with the other kamatiks,
which were waiting for us, and we forged
ahead in a big party - Ice surface
would be described as perfectly for foot
travel. It was like driving on a mag-
ipificent boulevard - Were glad to see
the south side of Conical Rock and
to have it drop out of sight for supposed-
ly the last time - also it did not
prove to be my last view of the little
island! near Akpat, which is just
north of the northernmost of the fourteen
glaciers which come down the crimson
cliffs between Parker Snow Point and
Cape York , we found an open lead
making toward the land but near
the glacier the lead was closed and
was a mere crack in the ice where we
crossed it - This glacier is large and
important and reaches the sea, where
it presents a bold, jagged front of
terraces and discharges many bergs