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21.VI. 21.9+10 - 8/15 + 30 sec. Cabin store.
Spec. 676 & 677 Quartzite from ledge
north side Cluett Glacier (the big one) about
2 mi. from schooner. The fragments were tak-
en from loose blocks, but the ledge is there
and shows dip of 30° - 35° N. (a guess).
The quartzite overlies and perhaps is
intercalated with a highly fissile mica
or hydro-mica schist. It also overlies
the gneisses.
24 June. Temp in shadow of meat rack wt. pack (1-
later igloo at 12:40 p.m. 43° F [in sun 47°]
Barons set sea level at 12:30
1:30 p.m. 225 ft up on face of cliff near
side of first E quick from igloo
in my own shadow 42° Jarnum 44° to 50°
as to whether the sun fell free
or against dark object.
All of this far is gneiss - feldspathic
+ micaceous with bands of horn-
blende + biotite and strong veins of quartz.
2:05 p.m. 350' A.T. in shade S side green 40°
Gneiss is very schistose here - contains
epidotized bands + quartz lenses
dips always N. 35°-40°. Slope would not slide.
At 410' descibed quartzite (B) cm.
formable dip Spec 678