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WE are glad that Lord Conway, in a letter which appears in our correspondence columns this week, expresses concern that not a single scientific member is included in the personnel of the new expedition to Mount Everest. It is greatly to be regretted that the leader of the expedition has made no provision for carrying on, or continuing, the scientific work of previous expeditions, especially as this could be done without hampering, or impeding in any way, the actual climbing party. The stratigraphy of the neighbouring portions of the Tibetan plateau was worked out by Dr. A. M. Heron in 1921, and the complicated structure of the immediate environs of Everest was studied by Mr. N. E. Odell in 1924 and by Mr. L. R. Wager in 1933. There are, however, many problems of stratigraphy and structure yet awaiting solution in this very important section of the main Himalayan chain. Also, there is much yet to investigate as regards the glaciers, which, on account of the prevailing conditions of high altitude and low temperature, show many unusual features, and exhibit characters that are more ‘arctic’ than ‘ temperate’ in affinity. Moreover, the researches of the late Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston and Mr. R. W. G. Kingston in the natural history and ecology deserve to be followed up.
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The Mount Everest Expedition, 1936. Nature 137, 141 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137141b0
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