. Ice-bound on Kolguev; a chapter in the exploration of Arctic Europe, to which is added a record of the natural history of the island. Natural history. 44 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV Besides these birds we found the red-necked and the grey phalarope, and in their stomachs were the remains of mosquito larvae. So I knew we should be troubled with this enemy when the sun grew hot. Of flowers we came at once on Nardosmia frigida, a well-known Arctic plant, and saw the dead remains of a Potentilla and of a large um- bellifer. The cloudberry which we left In flower at Tromso only showed a small green shoo
. Ice-bound on Kolguev; a chapter in the exploration of Arctic Europe, to which is added a record of the natural history of the island. Natural history. 44 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV Besides these birds we found the red-necked and the grey phalarope, and in their stomachs were the remains of mosquito larvae. So I knew we should be troubled with this enemy when the sun grew hot. Of flowers we came at once on Nardosmia frigida, a well-known Arctic plant, and saw the dead remains of a Potentilla and of a large um- bellifer. The cloudberry which we left In flower at Tromso only showed a small green shoot at long intervals. The cranberry was just pushing a few green leaves through the moss. In Saxon Lake I saw what I took to be the dead remains of a Potaniogeton, and I looked in vain for the Hipfiiiris which was so abun- dant at Tromso. I made notes on many other plants, but as none of them have popular names, or I do not know these where they exist, I shall be better advised to leave them all to my chapter on flowers. We saw no human beings, nor any very recent signs of their presence. But we did come upon old sleigh and reindeer tracks, also upon beacons built up of drift-wood (which was very abundant), and circular furrows round rises where chooms had evidently stood. Also I pointed out to Hyland a place where stones. THE Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Trevor-Battye, Aubyn Bernard Rochefort, 1855-1922. Westminster, A. Constable and Company
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