Новая Земля : экспедиция 1921— 1927 гг. под начальством Р. Л. Самойловича : сборник статей М. А. Виркетис, Н. Н. Гакен, Г. П. Горбунова, М. М. Ермолаева, Р. Л. Самойловича и В. В. Тимонова. – Москва : Научно-техническое управление В.С.Х.Н.К, 1929. - 361 с., [14] л. табл., карты : ил.

- Н О - лись. Обнаружены интересные отложения каменноугольного возраста, проливающие свет на геологическое строение этой части Новой Земли. Были обследованы, так называемая, Р у с с к а я Г а в а н ь и залив И н о с т р а н ц е в а. Привезен геологический и палеонтологический материал в количестве до 1000 образцов. Рис. 93. Полуночное солнце. Фот. Р. Л. Самойловича. 1921 г. Exploration in Novaja Zemlya and the Barents Sea executed by the Institute for Exploration of the North. R. Samojlovich. Since its very foundation in 1920, the Institute for Exploration of the North devoted a considerable part of its scientific forces and pecu niary means to the exploration of the double island of N o v a y a Z e ml y a . The first expedition organized by the Institute took place in 1921 on bord the motor-sailship „Charlotte". The expedition composed of 23 members visited all the populated places of the west coast of Novaya Zemlya from the B e l u s h y a B a y in the south to N o r t h S u l m e n e v a Bay , north of the K r e s t o v a y a Bay , the investigation of the western coast having been its purpose. That expedition was mainly a reconnaissance, it studied the geology of the west coast and at the same time the problem of the econo mical state of local trades having in view the improvement of colonisation methods in Novaya Zemlya. The expedition brought back rich geological collections now partly studied. Pedological and botanical research was also carried out. In the district of Ma l y K a r m a k u l y there is no soil in the