AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS 



first Antarctic fossils (mollusks and coniferous wood). Pre- 

 vious to this, samples of rock from the Antarctic had been 

 igneous in origin. The fossils proved that at least part of 

 this region was not volcanic. 



ANTARCTIC RECIONS 



Routes followed hv C. A. I.arsen, 1893-1894; Adkien i>f. Geri.achk, 1S9S- 

 1S99; Adalbert Krech, 1898-1899 



The following year Larsen returned to the Antarctic, 

 discovered Kin^r Oscar II Land, and forced the fa son 

 (the second steamer to cross the Antarctic Circle) to a 

 point 68° 10' S., roughly exploring the eastern coast of 



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