XIII 
February 15^ 17"19j 19^3 
Seymour Island - Snow Hill area, 
Seyt^ur Island has about as large or perhaps larger snow-free area 
as any place we hms seen to date. It is a soft aM raisSdy place; one 
could aliaost call the soil, loajm, so soft ie it, but nothing Each grows 
on it. Saw and gathered very little plant mterial ashore. 
’’Araidships'* toward the south is a great "alluvial** river valley 
with running water and tributary streams, sotae, though, at this tin® of 
year were nmeh rediK:ed in volwa®. 
Few birds, fewer seals, about. One dead one, very old carcass, only 
skin and bones left, was found in a gully toward the south ei»3 of the 
island. 
The island Is a barren looking place so far as animl and plant life 
was concerned when we were there. 
Paleontologically, the island isas quite a different "face," Much hae 
been dor® her® in this line, I do t»t know how much wotb remains to be 
done. This would bear looking into, Mr. Berg, and the C 
ore, in a 
brief space of time secured a niMser of hi^ly interesting fossils, wood 
bone, and shell specimens. 
Most zoologists are interested in paleontological doings; for them 
paleontology is but fossil zoology. 
As to recent organisms: Pr<® the ship lying-to in the ice off Seymour 
Island a few hours on February 15, two hauls were made in 3^ fathoms over 
a rock, eaM, and gravel bottom; because they were made at the same place 
and were so similar, the results were treated as one. Thin, thread-like 
woiTB tubes were in this drag by the thousands, along with some clams, and 
