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FRIDTJOF NANSEN. 



M.-N. Kl. 



of tilis k'\cl to l)c 20 to 30 metres above ihe sea, hut 1 lia'l no oportuuity 

 of ineasuriu;^'^ it 1)\' levellinj^-. My cstiiTiate aj^recs, however, with Hoel's 

 statement that the inner marj^nn of the j)lain is 25 to 30 metres alxn-e 

 sea-level. I'each's estimate of tlie hcij^ht <>ï the inner marj^-in of the 

 stranrlflat of tlie I'oreland, 150 feet (or 4O metrc-s), apj^ears to he too hij:(h. 

 At the foot of the mountain, I'ersis Crest, there is a conspicuous 

 leflge, to a j:]^rcat extent huill u|) of loose stones. I observed indications 

 of similar ledj^-es at the foot of the mountain, on the srjuth-eastern side 

 of .Sarldle Mountain, and also on the south-east sirle of Mount Methuen 

 (cf. Fig. 137). 1 found a similar conspicuous ledge in Lake Valley on the 

 west side of Wijdc Bay (see later). 



Fig. 138. The Sand Bay ("Sandbukta") with the southern part of Saddle Mountain and the 

 strandflat on Prince Charles Foreland. July 22nd, 19 12 [from Nansen 1920]. 



Hoel assumes that these stone-ledges have been formed by stones 

 that have fallen down from above on to the surface of small glaciers 

 along the mountain sides, and have gathered at the foot of these glaciers. 

 But considering the evenness of their upper surface, situated very nearly 

 in the same level as far as I could see from the distance. — I think that 

 thev indicate a raised shore-line, and they may have been form;d to a 

 great extent bv stones that, owing to the regular shore-erosion, described 

 pp. 30 ff., have continually been falling down from the mountain side above 

 on to the accumulations of snow on the shore ledges, and have gathered 

 on the beach and on the relatively steeply sloping sea-bottom outside the 

 foot of these shore-accumulations of snow and ice. The stones that 

 remained above water were soon disintegrated by the frost, while those 

 below water were more protected. 



The fact that the stones on these ledges are sharp-edged as* a rule, 

 and show no traces of ha vine: been worn l)v the surf, mav be accounted 



