 | United States. Revenue-Cutter Service, Calvin Leighton Hooper - 1884 - 226 pages
...of clear ice. I also ascended the cliff and dug down from the top in several places, and each time came to solid ice, after digging through frozen earth...and some smaller bones, belonging, probably, to the anrochs, or musk ox. ELEPHANT POINT, KOTZBBUE SOUND. We spent several days in the vicinity of Elephant... | |
 | United States. Revenue-Cutter Service, Calvin Leighton Hooper - 1884 - 208 pages
...of clear ice. I also ascended the cliff and dug down from the top in several places, and each time came to solid ice, after digging through frozen earth...face of the cliff for fossil remains but found none, cither in the ice or in the soil above it. I was more fortunate, however, on the beach below after... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1915 - 792 pages
...follows in speaking of his visit to Elephant Point : I searched the face of the cliff at Elephant Point for fossil remains, but found none either in the Ice...smaller bones belonging, probably, to the " aurock " and musk ox. Although the skull here described was not specifically mentioned, it is probable that... | |
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I also ascended the cliff and dug down from the top in several places, and always came to solid ice, after digging through frozen earth for a few feet. I searched the face of the cliff for fossil remains, but found none, either in the ice or in the soil... 