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.

— 116 — From the S e d o v B a y (thus named by the party) the ship sailed southward, to P a c h t u s s o v Island, with a station in the B a s s o v Bay . A characteristic feature for the bays of the east coast are submerged dikes joining the two coasts of the bay at relatively small depth, 20—30 fathoms. The coast is here not high, 20—30 m above sea level, though summits 200—300 m high are seen 5—6 km from the shore. Basic rocks are grits and limestones, the latter with distinctly marked bryozoan bed. Proofs of the upheaval of the coast line, sandbanks and old drift-wood along the ancient flood-line, are everywhere observed. The orographic elements south of the B a s s o v B a y bruskly change. The relief becomes more complicate, plateaus, gradually rising northward, give way to mountain-ranges with sharp-pointed peaks, which in their turn lower south of the S c h u b e r t B a y and form again a table-shaped plateau gradually changing into lowland, towards cape M e n s h i k o v . From the latter place the party proceeded to the Kara Strait in order to carry out hydrographical work which will furnish ground for another paper. Thus the ring round Novaya Zemlya was closed; it covere 1 over 3000 miles. On the 27 September the ship was back to Murmansk. The programme of the works of the Institute’s Expedition for the Exploration of the North in 1927 contained hydrological studies, geologi cal explorations, zoological work and topographical surveys. The range of the works covered not only Novaya Zemlya and the North Arctic Sea, but the mountain ridges of North Timan and the Kara Straits as well. The expedition party was composed of 16 members: The author of the article, as chief, G. B.-Gorbunov, Deputy-Chief of the Expedition and zoologist; V. V. Timonov, Hydrologist; P. V. Ushakov, Hydrobiologist; A. F. Larionov, Hydrochemist; М. M. Ermolayev, Geodesist and Assistant Geologist; E. S. Hefter, Physician; N. N. Hacken, Captain of the ship; P. A. Palissadov, Pilot — and a crew of 7 men. The victuals taken, such as sugar, flour, butter and oil, were calcu lated to last ten months. Fuel was provided for a voyage of 4000 miles. For the coasting party we had a motor boat, 18 ft. long. 6 ft. wide, with a 5 HP motor engine. As the geological party had to work first of all on the North Timan Coast, the route of the expedition was divided into two parts. The first was to dring the party to the eastern coast of Tchesskaja Bay, to the mouth of the Indiga, ans the second to move on afterwards to Novaya Zemlya. On July 17-th we left Archangel under favourable weather and reached Tchesskaja Bay on the 21-st. The task of the geological party at North Timan was the study of the geological structure of the Svetlaya River region in connection with old rumours that coal was to be found there. They were also to carry out supplementary geological explorations at Cape Roumianitchny, where in 1926 M. Ermolaiev had discovered interesting alkaline rock species.