Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by DrNansen and LieutJohansen . r indications that the sea mustat a comparatively recent period have risen above theselow strand - terraces. For instance, they were at manypoints strewn with mussel-shells. This land, then, seemsto have been subjected to changes of level analogous tothose which have occurred in other northern countries,of which, as above mentioned, I had also seen indica-tions on the north coast of Asia. One day when Mr. Jackson and Dr. Koetlitz wereou
Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by DrNansen and LieutJohansen . r indications that the sea mustat a comparatively recent period have risen above theselow strand - terraces. For instance, they were at manypoints strewn with mussel-shells. This land, then, seemsto have been subjected to changes of level analogous tothose which have occurred in other northern countries,of which, as above mentioned, I had also seen indica-tions on the north coast of Asia. One day when Mr. Jackson and Dr. Koetlitz wereout on an excursion together they found on a nunatak,or spur of rock, projecting above a glacier on the northside of Cape Flora, two places which were strewn withvegetable fossils. This discovery, of course, arousedmy keenest interest, and on July 17th Dr. Koetlitzand I set out for the spot together. The spur of rock THE JOURNEY SOUTHWARD 559 consisted entirely of basalt, at some points showing amarked columnar structure, and projected in the middleof the glacier, at a height which I estimated at 600 or700 feet above the sea. Unfortunately, there was no *. A STRANGE ROCK OF BASALT time to measure its elevation exactly. At two points onthe surface of the basalt there was a layer consisting ofinnumerable fragments of sandstone. In almost everyone of these impressions were to be found, for the mostpart, of the needles and leaves of pine-trees, but also ofsmall fern-leaves. We picked up as many of these treas-ures as we could carry, and returned that evening heavilyladen and in hisrh contentment. On a snow-shoe excur- 560 FARTHEST NORTH sion some days later Johansen also chanced unwittinglyupon the same place, and gathered fossils, which hebrought to me. Since my return home this collection ofvegetable fossils has been examined by Professor Na-thorst, and it appears that Mr. Jackson and Dr. Koetlitzhave here made an extremely interesting find. Professor Nathorst writes to me as follo
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