Ice-surface geometry at the shear edge of landfast ice has been examined. An aerial survey was conducted at the intersection of Lancaster Sound and Navy Board Inlet during March 1984. Surface profiles were then obtained in three representative areas and used to evaluate height statistics. A region, 150 m wide, at the ice edge was distinct from the rest of the ice cover. In the region at the shear edge, the surface height followed lognormal distributions. The average and maximum heights were 2.3 m and 5.6 m, respectively. In the region inside the shear edge, the height followed negative exponential distributions, with average and maximum values of 1.5 m and 4.2 m, respectively.