THE GEOLOGIST. 
JUKE, 1861. 
PROJECTED EXPLORATION OF ICELAND BY THE 
ALPINE CLUB. 
We are glad to find this interesting and little-kno^vn country is 
likely to be visited by some of tbe members of this enterprising 
club. The address recently delivered by the Vice-President, Mr. 
WiUiam Longman, now hes before us, illustrated by a neatly-executed 
map of the wild volcanic island he seeks to bring, in a special 
manner, before scientific notice. It is quite surprising to think that 
a country so rich in the physical phenomena of moving glaciers and 
active volcanos has " never been explored or even visited" by any 
traveller who has made a study of such great causes of surface- 
aspect. Certain work has, however, been done, and what records of 
it we have been able to meet with are appended to this article. 
Most of them are books available for study, and for this special 
work perusal of them will be useful, as no doubt a goodly company 
of physical geologists will answer Mr. Longman's call ; for existing 
glacial conditions in Iceland are more likely to aid them in learning 
the operations of the post-pliocene glacial eras, which in Britain 
have left such abundant records of their existence. 
No one who has read the last " Edinburgh Paper," by Mr. Robert 
Chambers, " Ice and Water," can fail to see how greatly our com- 
prehension of the recent arctic condition of the British Isles will be 
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