Notes on some Specimens of Rocks from the Antarctic Regions

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Main Authors: Geikie, Archibald, Teall, J. J. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1899
• Subjects: General Engineering; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Dundee; Joinville; Joinville Island; Low Point; Dundee Island; Man's Head; Welchness; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0370164600051002; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0370164600051002

Towards the end of the year 1893, I received from Captain Thomas Robertson of Dundee, master of the steamship “Active,” a number of specimens of rocks which he had collected in the Antarctic regions during a sealing expedition. In letters to me he gave the following particulars regarding these speci...