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.

— 117 — While these works were being carried out on the coast, the „Zarnitza" was working in the Kora Straits and Tchornaya Bay. August 14-th the ship reached T c h e s s k a y a Ba y , where the coasting party boarded it August 16-th. Furthermore there was geological research to be carried out in the north-western part of Novaya Zemlia and biohydrological works between Novaya Zemlya and Franz Joseph Land in accordance with the Russian-German agreement. The expedition called on the Polar Geophysical Observatory at Matotchkin Shar for provisions and fuel and then moved on to the north western part of Novaya Zemlya. The ship cast anchor at the western extremity of Barents Islands. The two Barents Islands are divided from the north western coast of Novaya Zemlya by a small strait about 2 miles wide. The basic rocks of this coast are steeply falling limestones, alternating with compact fine grained sandstone. Organic remains found here, corals, brachiopodes and paleoflora also give indications of the carboniferous age of there layers. August 30-th, taking advantage of the fair weather, Y sailed for the Russian Harbour (Russkaya Gavan) on our motor boat, arriving there after a sail of six hours. The coast between the Barents Islands and Cape Nassau is a rather high line of rocks with a steep dip into the sea. Beyond it are seen ridges of mountains attaining a height of about 2000 to 3000 feet. Cape Nassau has a flatly sloping coast beyond which is a considerable gulf, apparently a convenient place for anchoring. Cape Loushkin shown on Sedov’s map ‘) is in reality a small rocky island with a small gulf beyond it. The coast between Cape Loushkin and Rus skaya Gavan is quite inaccessible. Russkaya Gavan is a broad bay entering deeply into the coast of Novaya Zemlya. A geological study of the north-eastern part of the bay showed that this region is worthy of attention. A wellrepresented fauna gives indications of the age of the rocks forming it. The Shokalsky Glacier intersects some older layers consisting of green and greyish lilac coloured limestones. There are followed by younger formations of upper-devonian and carbonic limestones, intersected by quarzites. Similar layers are to be seen on the western coast of the bay specially characterised by silicious limestones. An old bent wooden cross was discovered on the island near the southeastern coast of the bay, with a scarcely legible inscription witnessing that this place had been visited in 1843 by Russian fishers. September 2-nd we had weather and all was covered with a two-inch oating of snow. September 4-th the weather was finer with a temperature of -\- 5°C. This enabled us to complete the geological explorations on Barents island and on the coast of Novaya Zemlya. September 8-th we saw on the horizon at the entrance to Barents Strait our ship anchoring there peacefully. i) L. В r e i t f u s s. Notes on hydrography (Sapiski po gidrografii I (XLII), Petrograd., 1918 (iuss.).