THE POLAE EECOKD. Edited by F. DEBENHAM

Volume 3 NUMBER 19: JANUARY 1940

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE CAMBRIDGE: AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

1940

Price Two Shillings CONTENTS

FRONTISPIECE . . J. S. C. Dumont D'Urville and Charles Wilkes

FOREWORD.•...... ,,page 207

OBITUARY 208

ARCTIC REGIONS :

Svatbard: Completed Expeditions: Swedish-Norwegian-British Palaeontological Expedition to Spitsbergen, 1939 210 Norwegian Expedition to Svalbard, 1939 .... 212 Norwegian Fisheries Expedition to Svalbard, 1939 . . 212 Palaeobotanical Expedition to Klaas Billen Bay, Spits- bergen, 1939 213 Ornithological Work in Spitsbergen, 1938 .... 214 Soil Investigations in Spitsbergen, 1939 .... 214

Russian Arctic: The Drift of the Sedov 215 Air Route in the Russian Arctic ..... 215 The Finding of De Long's Diary on Henrietta Island . 215

Greenland: Completed Expeditions: Danish North-East Greenland Expedition, 1938-39 . . 216 Norwegian-French Expedition to North-East Greenland, 1938-39 216 Norwegian. Expeditions to East Greenland, 1939 . . 217 Danish Archaeological Expedition to South-West Green- land, 1939..218 Danish Geological Expedition to northern West Green- land, 1939..219 St Andrew's University West Greenland Expedition, 1939 220 Other Expeditions to Greenland 221

(Continued on pages 3 and 4 of wrapper) Iceland: Completed Expeditions: Cambridge (Myvatn) Iceland Expedition, 1939 . . page 222 Cambridge North-West Iceland Expedition, 1939 . . 222 Oxford University Faeroes and Iceland Biological Expedi- tion, 1939 223

Arctic Canada and Labrador: Completed Expeditions: The Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1939 224 Notes on the Work of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 1939 225 British Expedition to North Baffin Island, 1938-39 . . 225 G. W. Rowley's Archaeological Work in Baffin Island, 1938-39 227 Commander D. B. MacMillan's Arctic Cruise, 1939 . . 227 Captain Robert Bartlett's Arctic Cruise, 1939 . . . 227 Finnish Expedition to Labrador, 1939 .... 227 Vicomte G. de Ponsins' Work in the Canadian Arctic, 1938- 228 Wood Yukon Expedition, 1939 228 Expedition in the Field: British Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1936-40 . . . 230 Notes on Mining Development, Reindeer Husbandry, and the Eider-Down Industry in the Canadian Arctic . . 231 Alaska: Dr Victor E. Levine's Work in Alaska 234 ARTICLE : Notes on the Selection and Care of Polar Footwear. Part I. By Andrew Croft and Brian Roberts . . . 235

ANTARCTIC REGIONS : Completed Expeditions: French Oceanographical Work in the Southern Ocean, 1939 268 German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39 .... 269 Expeditions in the Field: The United States Antarctic Service, 1939 . . 272 Norwegian Scientific Work in the Antarctic, 1939-40 . 275 British Scientific Work in the Antarctic, 1939-40 . . 275 THE WORK OP THE DISCOVERY COMMITTEE .... page 276

RECENT ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION BETWEEN LONG. 20° W. AND 110°E 277

NAMES IN THE AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY . . . 278

NOTE ON ANTARCTIC HISTORY 279

GOUGH ISLAND. A NOTE 279

FRANK WILD. BY J. M. W 280

ANTARCTIC WHALING, 1938-39. By Brian Roberts . . .282

THE USE OF AIRCRAFT FOR RECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS . . 284

THE COORDINATION OF POLAR RESEARCH 285

THE PRESERVATION OF THE Gjoa 286

INTERNATIONAL POLAR CONFERENCE AND POLAR EXHIBITION, 1040 286

TOXIN IN THE FLESH OF THE GREENLAND SHARK . . . 287

" MODERN ARCTIC EXPLORATION " (SEIDENFADEX). A Review . 288

"POLAR EXPLORATION" (CROFT). A Review .... 289

RECENT POLAR LITERATURE 291 \

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