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not time. hu' ~ nv opinion. now thai
/ PNAry has shown m" prs~tI,al way -
| getting the" 'ts Whol. Arctic rsO.in Wll
B D." N" sIuis'f - detailed geographical
r"s~lrrh Untll nos w- have npt knoSn
exactly the r"Iaiion bstwe~n sea and land
on ~" "1r'h gr-A' dsal - interest
I - gsogrAph~rs ha. rs-n ls.l-u-d - a r~-
suit NJ P"N-v's expedition and from the
exploration ~ Shackleton m ~" A0'a-c-
nc regions a grol' d~N has come ""
knoN thA' th"-- i LAID aro.' -" south
pole and thai % : high
-Of cour~" until now P.ary has pub
lI-hed only th" preliminary story ~ his
expedition. and We must await his detailed
I report. for such observations ~ tslmrc
! ma gneit-m. Tor - - 80 great importance
To- navigation 20 learn the variations ~
the compass IN that part - the world
/ tlimatology and 'hs know ledge of the
/ NOV ement- - the winds have been m
4 fuenCsd by south polar ubssryA' ions
! IN the last ten wears In fact the whole
+ polar exploration - ~ great importance
To tho physical kngwls.ig. Of the earth
HfatNssa Fkss aRlar
vast tracts ~ unsNplor,-d territory For
instance there u the great desert of
southern Arabia. two or three days
journey from the Arabian coast takes
yCu into an unknown land. II - the same
with the Iibyan desert. or eastern sahara.
particularly between the great OASIS 81
kufra and the Egyptian oasis on tho
On" side and Dafur and Nadai on The
other. In IN" western part Of the Sahara
ther" a." laTg" regions quite a. unknown.
Then there - New Gun -. which - for
the most part unknown though a f"S
expeditions haN" crossed the island Tn"
main dIfhCtIltv -.-"nls - b" that ~" i-land
IL full - hgn mountains aud lacks
prov I-Ion-
For scientific purposes should say
that IN" polar regions SiIll on"r IN" most
attractive fields for exploration. Next
IA importance. ~ New Guin.a. though
som" "a rte 81 South America. particularly +,
Brazil con'aIn great regions that ar"
scarcely known. southern Guiana also /
j. In'lpy"d
-Of Arabia We know that the country F,
- q about 'hs same character and /
formation ~ northern Africa "" thInA |
that B.dnIin tribes IA quick run NAV I
have GOT through It but th"T" = 10 r-Curi :
~ their having don" 80. Ia 'he north - .
Arapts "a Austrian explorer Prot MusIl .
has don" great work IA ia'" wears a.. .
has mad" several expeditions into ~" .
country and has Iust got back from LIS .
latest. with great geological d,scov"rl"-
He had - diSgpl~" himself a. a b"d"uln
and live among The tribes "" speaks I
their Language otherwise he would have F.
teen unsafe Even then b." was m con- ,
stanf peril
pr Musil Uncovered m 'hs country
east Il PalestIn. 'h" runs % castles and !
paIar.s which date from the earliest ,
Moha mmedan times No. there seems To- .
be no reason for believing that that .
desert was once a fertIl" country There 7
have been many HYPOTHESIS thar the
climate ~ that country has changed ,
within historic tInsE hu' all research that .
has been carried on IN lat. wears has .
tended 20 dIspruVA them
a pupil ~ NINE. Dr Letter ma de I
under my direction researches into the /
supposed changes ~ climate IN northern
Africa from actual present conditions
and the testimony of historians lie was
engaged ~ this work three or four wears.
siudvIng tho comments ~ ancient writers.
btIt hIs conclusion was that th" climate has
not changed sine" the dav- - th" PhP-
HICanS
What do I think - m" research work b.
of American uniyersitl.s' Well. ~ the
last ten wears especially u has be~n
atiita on a par With that IN Europe. par
iicularly m Germany. whore 80 much
research work - hsing done
Upon his return from Mexico Prof |
Oberhummer wall 20 - IN" University ot
chicago 20 deliver = siI weeks course -
lectures on the ethnographv and political
geography of Europe Then n" will proh-
ahIy deliver a few lectures a. Johns
Hopkins and Cornell ~" will remain IN
the United States until December. a. his
leave from the Austrian Government docs
not ezpire until the end ~ the year
To,sd Hopkins.