[Journal], 1915-1916
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Point 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