578 not see the reason for going out, because the lead was likely to narrow and might be easily crossable near the glacier, as it was last Sunday when Peter brought us down. Later Ek explained to me that the Eskimos do not like to get very near the front of a glacier for fear of frag- ments of ice which are liable to fall from it. A half mile or more from the gla- cier Ahnqmalokto spied a quadrangular case of ice jammed against both sides of the lead. He jumped off his kama- tik, tested the ice with his testing iron - Ek and he went across the irregular causeway and came back. Then Ek and I went over and were followed by the Eskimos and the kamaitiks. It was interesting to see the intelligent behavior of the dogs in dragging the kamaitiks over. Evidently they were used to that kind of thing. Before we reached the crossing the moon had appeared