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II. Short Summary of the Geological Features of the 



Known Parts of South Victoria Land and Associated 



Areas of the Antarctic Continent. 



O. NoRDENSKiöLD has recently given a complete account of the geology 

 of the Antarctic areas ^. For the present purpose it is only necessary to 

 confine our attention to the known extension of gneisses, crystalline schists 

 and granites in the Antarctic Continent. 



During the "Antarctic" whale-expedition 1894 — 95 under the leadership 

 of H. J. Bull the first landing on the Antarctic Continent took place at Cape 

 Adare. From this point Mr. C. Borchgrevink collected a series of rock- 

 specimens, described by David, Smeeth and Schofield -. Among the 

 rock-specimens were found granulite and mica-schist. 



On the British "Southern Cross" Expedition 1898 — 1900 under the 

 leadership of Mr. C. Borchgrevink rock-specimens was collected from 

 different localities in the neighbourhood of Cape Adare, the winter-quarters 

 of the expedition. The collected rocks are described b}' G. T. Prior ^. 

 The rocks found in situ were only lavas, the other specimens of gneisses 

 and granites being taken from erratic boulders, transported by ice. 



Our knowledge of the geolog}' of the South \'ictoria Land is however 

 largely due to the splendid work of the geologists, who took part in the 

 British Antarctic expeditions under the leadership of the late F. R. Scott 

 and Sir E. H. Shackleton (Scott 1901 — 04, Shackleton 1907 — 09, Scott 

 1910— 13). 



On Scott's first expedition 1901 — 04 H. T. Ferrar was present as 

 geologist; the collected rock-specimens were described by G. T. Prior ^. 



On Shackleton's Expedition 1907 — 09 the chief geologists were R. E. 

 Priestley and T.W. E. David, who published their results as an appendix 

 to Shackleton's book, "The Heart of the Antarctic", and later in a paper 

 read at the XI Internat. Geol. Congres at Stockholm 1912 ^. 



On the last Scott^ Expedition 1910 — 1913 the geologists were R. E. 

 Priestley, Debenham and Griffith Taylor. The preliminary results are 

 published in the English report on the expedition as an appendix*^. Recently 

 No. I Vol. I of Natural History Report of this expedition was published 

 and in this very important paper A. C. Seward describes the collected 

 fossil plants '. 



According to the investigations of F'errar, Priestley and David'' the 

 following series of formations are met with in South Victoria Land: 

 I. Pre-Ca)>jhria}i; the basal rock-complex of gneisses, mica-schists, amphibole- 



schists, granulites, etc. 



