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This is by far the largest unbroken patch of vegetation yet found in 
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Antarctica." The "peat" so-called, was thick, but none that I waw or 
walked over was quite 3 feet thick, nor was the moss so unbroken. Where 
the moss grew over and down the sides of a boulder or heap of rocks, it 
might easily give one the impression of being a moss clump or heap three 
feet thick. It was thick all right, much of it was dead or looked so un¬ 
derneath. There were breaks and gaps in the patch as a whole, but there 
were no extensive gaps or large areas on the slope bare of moss - quite a 
sight. 
Two dredge hauls made at our Galindez Island anchorage, in 25 to b2 
fathoms, and results combined into one. They brought up a portion of a 
silicious sponge, a number of worms, starfish ophiurans, a red sea-urchin 
and the first crinoid of the cruise, a, gasteropod mollusk, and a number 
of long stalked ascidians. A second specimen of the same species of 
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' orinoid was found in mud attached to the anchor when it was raised on 
31 January. 
The fish traps disappointed us, no fish, nemertean worms, a few, and 
a starfish - the cove by the Base landing was evidently a poor location 
for catching fish. Had there been time a second set in another location 
might have brought us better luck. We had drawn a blank as regards fish 
in Arthur Harbor the first time around. It was the second at Arthur Har¬ 
bor that turned up the best catch of the cruise. 
This area with its many islands and its nearby "deeps" and channels 
(Lemaire) is undoubted//^ biologically a very rich one. For a possible 
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satellite station in this area a side with a good boat shelter should be 
