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with a beautifully stratified, typical névé ice (as seen from the ship); 

 their steep, parabolically curved walls form a contrast to the 

 abrupt, steep dips to the sea, and also to the rounded hillocks 

 of the plateau. 



Before returning to the S. coast, I will first describe the 

 W. slope of the land forming the coast of the fjord-like but 

 probably shallow longitudinal valley. Hurry Inlet. That this 

 stretch of coast differs materially from not only the E. coast, 

 but also from most fjord coasts is obvious at once in its utter 



Fig. 8 Western slope of the foreland hills of Liverpool Land, seen from 

 the shore of Hurry Inlet. (Nordenskjold phot.) 



lack of harbours, as already Ryder showed. Topographically 

 we may distinguish here three different longitudinal zones, that 

 may be seen on fig. 7, viz. 1) the Nunataks, situated furthest 

 in, steep and often very pointed, surrounded by masses of ice, 

 and presumably all situated rather far E. and mostly identical 

 with the peaks already spoken of as visible from the E. coast; 

 2) a long sloping foreland, beginning at a height of about 

 600 metres, quite devoid of all peaks and from a distance giving 

 the impression of a plateau, while in detail the slopes appear 



