Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Norwegian North Polar Expedition, 1893 1896, Vol. 5: Scientific Results
All the ice found must therefore consist of sea ice which cannot possibly contain any earthy matter or to a much smaller extent, of coast or river ice from Siberia and N. America. At these places the bottom as far as is known, chie?y consists of fine loose material such as sand and clay, and the conveyance of Stony material from these districts must therefore also be extremely small.
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