of the sea water with the idea of locating the limit of the South Greenland Current. This is quite warm, and flows my from Cape Farewell, the way. The air is about 36° + water 34° F. The improvement over the stifling New York heat is delicious. Much has been said in Arctic books of the bird life up here. Nor is any of it exaggerated. We have seen such a populous atmosphere - migratory fluttering every where. Tuesday Aug 12 - 1913. The clear northern weather continues to tease us. Sarah is feeling better for the ground smell is gone. There is almost no ice, except for our own seam and the bird life. I could imagine that we were off the Virginia Capes some bright day in December. This A.M. we crossed the Arctic Circle. There was no ceremony except that we had plain soup for dinner. At 6:30 A.M. we sighted Hopkin Land on the western horizon. We have been set to the westward by our unreliable compass and the sea way we have made.