Abstract
IN 1935 a party of Austrian scientists under Dr. R. Jonas and Prof. F. Nusser made a crossing of Vatnajökull, Iceland. The personnel was organised by the Austrian Students' Travel Association. The participation of the National Union of Students in England was proposed but could not be arranged in time. Some glaciological research was completed and part of the northern margin of the ice was mapped. This book is concerned mainly with that expedition and contains some good accounts of Icelandic scenery. The nunatak known as Mount Paul was rediscovered and fixed, and the crater of Sviagigur was explored. The numerous illustrations are excellent and the maps are adequate.
Farhten in Island
Von Rudolf Jonas. Pp. 198 + 83 plates. (Wien: L. W. Siedel und Sohn, 1948.) 3.50 dollars.
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Farhten in Island. Nature 162, 513 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162513c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162513c0