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THE great activity of Norwegians in polar exploration and economic development finds expression in the well-illustrated Polar-årboken, of which the 1935 issue has recently been published. In addition to a great deal of polar news, in which Spitsbergen is prominent, there are various articles, some in a lighter vein, but most of a serious nature. Mr. O. Sund gives a useful account of the distribution of food fishes in west Greenland waters, and Mr. A. Lidtveit discusses plant growth and possibilities of agriculture in the same land. Dr. A. Hoel has some interesting notes on the use of ice-breakers in Spitsbergen in relation to the export of coal. The book is published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag at Oslo.
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Polar Year Book. Nature 137, 146 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137146c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137146c0