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.

— 112 — south shore, the part moved mortheastward. Mountain ranges constituted of sandstones and clayey schists trend in northwest direction. 8 km from the mouth of the B e z i m y a n n a y a (Nameless) river, fossil fauna, seemingly of devonian age, was found in clayey schists. 30 km from the west coast glaciers were seen which received the mane of Prof. P e n c k . The trip lasted 8 days. At the terminal moraine of the glacier an astronomical point was determined and the whole track surveyed. North of B e z i m y a n n a y a Bay the relief of Novaya Zemlya becomes more complicate and changes into high ranges in the Matotchkin Shar region. A visit to G r i b o v B a y enabled the party to establish the occurence in that district, namely on the north side of the bay, of buried glaciers. The winding shore line of the Gribov Bay appears to depend upon the diversity of the rocks which constitute the coast and are unequally resistant against the marine erosion. Grits and a thick complex of limestones form here a syncline with axis directed northward. Basic rocks are overlain by quaternary alluvions in which qua ternary shells were found 10 m above sea level. On the surface of the same alluvions the occurence of large slabs of yellowish-grey limestone was established with numerous prints of appearingly jurassic plants. From here the party moved towards P a n k o v La nd , a typical strandflat. Onder that nome a wide area of the west coast of the southern island of No vaya Zemlya is known, directly adjoining Matotchkin Shar. In the east it is bordered by two mountain ridges trending northeast. The basic rocks of P a n k o v La n d are palaeozoic limestones and clayey schists overlain by quaternary alluvions. The country is crossed by several rivers falling into the Barents Sea. The largest of the latter, the Gregory river, the coast of Pankov Land gradually begins to rise reaching 20—30 m above sea level in average. In many places fragments of coal as well as boulders inclu ding jurassic fossils were found in fluviatile alluvium. The topographical survey and the determination of the astronomical point have shown the coast of Pankov Land 6 km farther west than on the maps. On the way to Matotchkin Shar palaeozoic fauna was discovered in limestones at the Pomorskaya Bay. The second party of the same expedition worked in the P u c h o v y B a y mainly engaged in ornithology and biology of Salmo alpinus. The problem of the Institute in 1924 was the investigation of the east coast of the south island of NoVaya Zemlya, to which purpose it disposed of a small open boat 28 ft. long, 6 ft. wide, 2 ft. draught, pro vided with a 5 HP В о 1i n d e r motor. The second party continued to work under Prof. D e r y u g i n in the Puchovy Bay. The eastern party, which in addition to its Head, consisted of an astronomer, a radio-telegraphist and a sailor, left on the 12-th August the B e l u s h y a B a y and sailed through the M e s h d u s h a r s k y S t r a i t towards to south extremity of the bay. The whole area presents and undu lating upland single points of which do not exceed 120 m above sea level. The expedition reached safely the K a m e n k a Bay , once wintering place of P a c h t u s s o v Expedition. This time too ice was so abundant in the