(1) Problems of Polar Research: a Series of Papers by Thirty-one Authors (2) The Geography of the Polar Regions

Abstract

(1) THIRTY-ONE authors, most with personal experience of the polar regions and each an expert in some branch of research, have contributed to the first of these volumes. The result is a collection of papers of the highest value, which reflects great credit on the enterprise of the American Geographical Society. There must obviously be a certain overlap among several of the papers, just as certain topics are overlooked, but this does not detract from the value of the collection.

(1) Problems of Polar Research: a Series of Papers by Thirty-one Authors.

(American Geographical Society Special Publication, No. 7.) Pp. v+479. (New York: American Geographical Society, 1928.) 5 dollars.

(2) The Geography of the Polar Regions.

Consisting of A General Characterisation of Polar Nature, by Otto Nordenskjöld; and A Regional Geography of the Arctic and the Antarctic, by Ludwig Mecking. (American Geographical Society Special Publication, No. 8.) Pp. viii+359. (New York: American Geographical Society, 1928.) 4 dollars.