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.

— 115 — north coast of Novaya Zemlya appeared and the ship sailed towards the islands of Orange. They are two, plateau-shaped, with coasts 30 m abowe sea level. 10 km inland from the coast of Novaya Zemlya there is a gradually rising plateau stretching northwest as far as the branches of the L omo - n o s s o v range. The whole of the northern part of Novaya Zemlya is free from glaciers. The cape of Desire, constituted of fine- and coarse-grained sandstones of light grey colour and conglomeratea trending west to east with gentle dip northward, is a typical arctic waste. The rocks are strongly weathered and have rounded outlines. It is worth mentioning that fresh traces of reindeer were seen here. On the 22 August, the expedition left the cape of D e s i r e and sailed along the east coast southward. The W h i t n e y bay does not reach deep into the coast and is open to any wind, safe for the western ones. A well marked sandstone complex carrying fossil prints ( Lepertitia ?) and contai ning inclusions of coal fragments is prevailing on that coast, which was briefly investigated by the party. An ice shelf was seen all along the coast, and a big polar bear was shot on the ice. From the same bay eastward a hydrological profile was performed. South of the Whitney Bay the huge Nordenskjold glacier is stretching for no less than 50 miles. Icebergs and small ice-fields of local origin are continually holding near that glacier. The margin of ice is running 16 miles from the Whitney Bay. On the 25 August the C o m f o r t B a y was entered. Basic rocks consti tuting its coasts are grits, limestones and schists trending northeast. The lower complex consists of sandstones conformably overlain by limestones and clayey schists with quartz veins. The complex is cut trough by a rapid mountain stream taking its origin at the inland ice, 10 km from the shore. In the lower part of the river there is a saline lake. To judge by the rests of a moraine, the glacier is retreating. The astronomer of the party determined here an astronomical point. On the 29-th the party sailed southward along the coast and in the eve ning of the same day a gulf not shown on maps was discovered beyond the D i s t a n t cape, and the ship anchored in one of the comfortable bays of the gulf. The northern side of the latter is constituted by clayey schists bordered in the south by graphitic slates. The coast is 10 —12 m high above sea level, gently rising north-and westward and reaching 200—220 m height. A relict lake found here is of great interest. The bay was named after R u s s a n o v . A powerful glacier falling into one of the bays of that gulf received the name of F r i d t j o f N a n s e n . The coast of the gulf is constituted of dark grey limestones of con siderable thickness. A bear was shot in each of the above bays. The bay south of the aforesaid was namer after N e u p o k o y e v . Beyond the southern cape of the N e u p o k o y e v B a y another bay, not mapped, was found, remarkable for ist four splendidly developed ter races. The prevailing rocks here are limestones and grits. 8 *