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two-family
33-3 9/25- Ullupser. Large igloo on process
of construction - Tanquiski + Inakuti
25-VIII - See p. 30.
29.VIII Eider Duck Island - Gray feld-
felspathic gneiss including rounded masses
of hornblende gneiss. Excellent example
of an igneous gneiss carrying magmatic
inclusions of an older gneiss which have
been rounded by resorption. Highest
point of the island is 60-75 feet above
the sea. This and other points have been
rounded and smoothed by the grinding
action of the sea ice and many other
smoothed surfaces indicate abrasion
by the ice. The gneiss is intersected by many
veins of pegmatite. These consist mainly
of feldspar and some are strong - 1 to 2 ft.
across.
Dalrymple Rock. Landed on the eastern
side. Strongly contorted gneiss of different
aspect from that of Eider Duck Island. Pre-
dominantly a gray felspathic gneiss
with numerous great veins of coarse peg-
matite consisting principally of feldspar.
The feldspar pegmatite breaks down
under the action of the frost more rap-
-idly than the gneissic country rock,
sallow trenches being formed thus