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A RfiSUMfi OF THE PHYSIOGRAPHY AND GLACIAL 

 GEOLOGY OF VICTORIA LAND, ANTARCTICA 



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An Australian Parallel Plateau and Mountains The Ferrar and 

 Taylor Glaciers The Koettlitz Glacier The Great Piedmont 

 Glacier The Retreating Ice 285 



THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND 



The Oldest Rocks Cambrian Strata The Beacon Sandstone 



The Great Faults 295 



SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL JOURNEYS 

 The Fossils Collected 301 



NOTES ON ICE PHYSICS 

 Sea Ice Pack Ice Glaciers The Barrier Icebergs 303 



GENERAL PHYSICS 



Magnetic Observations Atmospheric Electricity Pendulum Ob- 

 servations 311 



METEOROLOGICAL REPORT 



Temperatures Blizzards Frequency of High Winds Record 



of Blizzards Causes of Blizzards Potential Gradient Tables 316 



SUMMARY OF BIOLOGICAL WORK CARRIED OUT ON BOARD 

 THE TERRA NOVA, 1910-1913 



The Plankton New Zealand Studies The Ocean Food-Supply 



Cephalodiscus 328 



MARINE BIOLOGY WINTER QUARTERS, 1911-1913 

 Tides in McMurdo Sound 335 



OUTFIT AND PREPARATION 



Firms Supplying Stores Warm Interest in the Expedition The 



Terra Nova 338 



EPILOGUE 345 



APPENDIX 347 



INDEX 353 



