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EXACTLY a year ago we were preparing for of the press an article on the plans we had made for our scientific work on the drifting icefloe. This article was published after the aeroplanes had landed us at the North Pole. It is pleasant to note that everything we had planned to do before we set out on our expedition has been done. Reality brought us much of the unexpected. In particular, the drift turned out to be more rapid than we had anticipated. In consequence, we were able to carry out observations at a considerably greater number of points than was originally planned. Over a distance of 15°—from the Pole to the 75th parallel—we carried out all the work we had set out to do. From February 1, after our icefloe had split, we were compelled to cease hydrological work, because the winch, which was kept about a kilometre from our tent, was carried away.
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01 April 1938
In the article “Scientific Work of the Drifting North Polar Station” published in NATURE of April 9, pp. 629–632, it should have been stated that the distances quoted in English units were in nautical miles. On p.629, col. 2, line 4, the distance covered by the drift was 1,134 nautical miles (2089 km.) ; line 11, the average drift of the floe was 9·1 km. (4·9 nautical miles) a day ; line 15, the daily drift was sometimes 23 nautical miles (42 km.) a day.
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SHIRSHOV, P., FEDOROV, E. Scientific Work of the Drifting North Polar Station*. Nature 141, 629–632 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141629a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141629a0