THE POLAR RECORD Vol. 5 Jan.-July, 1949 (published September, 1949) Nos. 37, 38 CONTENTS FRONTISPIECE . H.M. Ships Erebus and Terror at the Whalefish Islands FOREWORD . page 289 ARTICLES: The voyage of the Komet along the Northern Sea Route, 1940. (Map.) By Terence Armstrong . 291 . Movements of Arctic Fox populations in the region of Baffin Bay and Smith Sound. (Map.) By Charles Elton . .296 Some letters of William Scoresby junior. By F. C. Fraser . 806 Meteorological stations in Greenland. By J. G. Elbo . 309 "Scott of the Antarctic." A personal opinion. By Frank Debenham 311 Australian aims in the Antarctic. By Group-Captain S. Campbell . 317 The contribution of polar expeditions to the science of glaciology. By Hans W:son Ahlmann - 324 International organisations for polar exploration. By Brian Roberts 332 EXPEDITIONS : Soviet Arctic expeditions, 1945 and 1946 335 Danish expeditions to Greenland, 1946-47 and 1948 . 337 Leeds University Expedition to East Greenland, 1948 . 339 Birmingham University Expedition to Spitsbergen, 1948 . 340 Cambridge and Leicester Expedition to Bjornoya (Bear Island), 1948 340 The voyages of the Nascopie, 1946 and 1947, and her wreck in 1947 . 341 Cruise of H.M. Submarine Olympus to lies Crozet and Prince Edward Islands, 1939 342 United States Operation "Highjump", 1946-47. (Map.) . .342 United States Operation "Windmill", 1947-48 . .345 Norwegian Brategg Expedition, 1947-48 346 288 CONTENTS NOTES AND REVIEWS : The Arctic Circle, Ottawa page 347 An unpublished letter of Sir John Franklin ... 348 James Bay Game Preserve 351 -United States Exercise "Snowdrop", 1948 351 Rations of the Soviet North Polar Drift, 1937-38 . .352 Meteorology in the Soviet Arctic, 1920-45 . 354 Hydrological work in the,Soviet Arctic, 1920-45 .... 355 Territorial claims in the Antarctic . 361 The electrocution of whales . 362 Gino Watkins Memorial Fund, 1949 363 OBITUARY . 364 RECENT POLAR LITERATURE 367 TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGE- MENT OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE . 389 ERRATA . 394 JTHUJL KU / S'.t. ',-. -s IT.RI. Sliii)s Krebus and Terror ut the Wlmlcfish Islands. Reproduced from the original drawing bu James FiUjames of the expedition at the Whuleflsh Islands, West Greenland..