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THF STRAXOFLAT AND ISOSTASV 



Fig. 151. The plain of Reindeer Land some kilometres from its east coast. August 8, 1912. 



.solid rock, and is to no considerable extent covered by drift or moraines. 

 In many places the surface of the bare rock slopes gently down to the 

 shore, while in other places there is a low shore-cliff, with accumulations 

 of snow on the beach at its foot. 



The rock consists here chiefly of crystalline schists (mica-schists, 

 hornblende-schists, gneisses) and granites, and the strandfiat once formed, 

 has been relatively well preserved. The land on the west side of Wijde 

 Bay is built up of sedimentary rocks of the Devonian system which have 



Fig. 152. Platform on the east sitle of Liefde Bay. August 9, 19 12. [From Nansen, 1920]. 



