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Steaming fa~thér ta the southeast, other land was
sighted. We anohored about four miles offshoreuntil we
were able to determine our position (67 0 47N~, 77 0 28 W.)
with preoision. From this position the land appeared as
a low, barren waste. It had the sooured appearanoe typical
of the arctic glacial oountry, though no ice or snow was
visible. Boulders were on the hills and lined the gently
sloping shore. The shoreline was nearly straight, extending
at least fifteen miles both to the north-northeast
and the south-southwest.
Ice prevented us from going northward, and on
steaming southward we were enveloped in the fog. Laok of
ooal then made it necessary to return before the land could
ba surveyed further. It was however found that the land
does not extend southward as far as latitude 67 0 18 N. at
longitudes west of 76 0 20 w.
l can find no record of the west shore of Baffin
Island having been visited in these latitudes by sea. It
ls thus not impossible that the land we sighted ls a peninsula
extending into Foxe Basin from the malnland of Baffin
Island. It seems much more probable, however, that It is
an island of roughly the dimensions indicated on the map.2
The land was first sighted by Mr. Charles P. Rendel1,
mate, on September 2. Professor A.H. Compton (who had gone
north with the Ocean Eagle to make cosmio ray observation~
assisted in checking the position. The voyage was made
under the direction of Mr. George KYdd, Resident Engineer,
for the Department of Railways and Canals.
Churchill, Man.,
10 September 1932.
l '~avigation conditions in Hudson Bay and Strait during
the.Season of Navigation 1932", Department of Marine,
1933, p. 36.
The Arctio and the SEecialist Navigation Course.
By FIL G.J. Sweanor
The Air Navigation School of the R.C.A.F. at Summerside,
P.E.I. is currently conducting four types of navigation
oourses: the basic courses training students up to wings
standard;"the "SNnp' courses which train experienced
navigators to become instructors and to hold exeoutive