It consists of terrestrial, fresh or brackish water, and marine deposits.
"Geology"
James Geikie
That I reached the North Pole approximately, and ascertained my location as accurately, as painstakingly, as the terrestrial and celestial conditions and the best instruments would allow; that I thrilled with victory, and made my claim on as honest, as careful, as scientific a basis of observations and calculations as any human being could, I do emphatically assert.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
What I did report was that in my journey I had passed through an area wherein it was possible to declare 30,000 square miles-a terrestrial unknown of water and ice-cleared from the blank of our charts.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook