1912] ASCENT OF GONDOLA NUNATAK 
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mising day, and Gran and I determined to circunanavigate 
the nunatak if possible. We walked along to the south 
over the great moraine whicli fringed the granite ridge. 
There were some large blocks of granite in this, some 
twenty feet across. There was of course much of the 
basic rock (dolerite) also, for we could see that the cap 
of the nunatak was formed of jointed columns recalling 
those of Staffa. 
On the south-west face of the nunatak we saw a long 
lenticular mass of yellow sedimentary rock lying above 
the red granite, but below the black dolerite cap. It was 
quite inaccessible, being about 1000 feet up, but I have 
little doubt that the shales and coal were associated with 
this formation, for the moraine trended exactly in that 
direction. 
Meanwhile Debenham and Forde had reached the cen- 
tral hollow of the nunatak, but had not time to ascend 
one of the * cusps.' 
On the 4th — leaving Debenham busy with the plane 
table — we others attacked the nunatak. Gran had his 
camera, I took the theodolite in a ruck-sack, and Forde 
carried the legs. The eastern face of the nunatak con- 
sisted of a giant granite bulwark 1800 feet above the ice. 
Dark dykes had weathered out somewhat, so that it ap- 
peared to be pierced for guns. We scrambled up the gap 
between the bulwarks and the deck of the Gondola and 
found the latter occupied by two little lakes. From here 
we separated. Gran making for the north-west cusp while 
Forde and I chose the south-west peak. The slope was 
very steep and consisted of granite and sandstone up to 
