THE POLAR RECORD Editor: L. M. Forbes. Editorial Committee: B. B. Roberts, G. de Q. Robin, T. E. Armstrong, H. G. R. King Vol. 11 May 1962 No. 71 CONTENTS FRONTISPIECE Sir James Clark Ross ARTICLES : Inuvik, Canada's new Arctic town. By Gordon B. Pritchard . page 145 Biographical note on James Weddell, R.N. (1787-1834). By Ann Savours . 155 Further observations on sastrugi, snow dunes and the pattern of surface winds in Antarctica. By K. B. Mather . 158 The population of the north of the USSR. By Terence Armstrong . 172 FIELD WORK : Jacobson-McGill University Arctic Research Expedition to Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, 1959-61: Operations in 1961 179 Search for early Norse remains in north-east Canada, 1960 and 1961 181 Birmingham University Expedition to south Greenland, 1961 . 182 Sea ice runways: United States project "Ice Way", 1961 . 182 United States Arctic Research Laboratory Ice Station, "Arlis-2", 1961 183 Activities on Ice Island T-3, 1961 183 Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, 1960-61 . 184 Soviet activities in the Antarctic, 1960-61 189 United States activities in the Antarctic: winter 1961 . 191 NOTES: The Northern Sea Route, 1961 . 194 Animal population estimates in the Soviet Arctic .... 195 Symposium on prevention of floating ice formation by air bubbling, Ottawa, 1961 : . 196 Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey: change of name . .197 South African organization for Antarctic and sub-Antarctic activities 197 A thickness gauge for floating ice . .198 New type of blizzard mask 199 Danish ice-strengthened ship Nella Dan . • . 199 SCAR Bulletin, No. 11 Recording sea ice distribution from meteorological satellites. By D. Q. Wark 201 Antarctic glaciological report, 1960. By A. P. Crary . 203 144 CONTENTS SCAR Bulletin, No. 11 {cord.) Provisional list of Antarctic meteorological observations 1960. 204 Notes on isotope glaciology. By E. Picciotto 206 Stations operating in the Antarctic, summer 1961-62, winter 1962 . 208 Index of SCAR Bulletin . .209 OBITUARY 210 ERRATA 214 RECENT POLAR LITERATURE 215 Thirty-fifth Annual Report on the work of the Scott Polar Research Institute ............ 250 Engraved by Henri/ Coulc after a painting by ./. Witdman SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS 15 April 1S00 to 3 April 1802.