Evening star., 1932-04-07
Is NATIONS TO JOIN
IN POLAR STUDIES
Data at 100 Stations to Aid
Science-TWo D. c. Men
Among Leaders.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

With the assured cooperation of at
least IS nations, operating approx
mately 100 observing stations, plans are
shaping rapidly for the second inter-
national polar year, which starts this
Summer.
1t will be world enterprise for the
simultaneous collection of meteorologl-
cal, magnetic and. auroral data, under
the direction of world commis sion CT
Is members. Two Washington men,
DR.. j. A. Fleming of the Carnegie In
stitution and DR.. N. H. Heck OF the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, are the
American members.
Most of the activities will be in the
Arctic and Antarctic regions, but sta
tions also are to be established in the
tropics and in high mountain areas;
The Official cooperation OF the United
States Government will be confined to
the establishment of a station at Fair
banks, Alaska, and the work OF weather
Bureau stations at Point Barrow ana
other Alaskan points.
Private Station Planned.
Plans still are pending for the est, b.
Hshment by Americans of pr1i ately-
financed station at Fort Conger. ElleS-
mere Island. which was occupied by
the Inflated Greely expedit on durln!
the last international polar year, hall
century ago The British government
has made arrangements for the re-eS-
tablishment of its old station at Fort
Rae. in Northern Canada.
At least 30 stations in the Arctlc'
practically ringing the North Pole, now
are certain. Ten more are prooaple.
One Antarctic station already has been
established in the South Orkney Is
lands. The Argentine Republic mas
agreed to establish one on the desolate
New Years Island, at the edge OF the
Antarctic. France, Chile and Brazil
have agreed to set up stations reSpec-
tiyelv on Kerguelen Island, south OF
Africa: Easter Island, in the South Pa
cific and Tristan da Cunha in the
South Atlantic. The government OF
the Falkland Islands, a Brit sh pos
session. has plans under way for sta
tion on Graham Land, beyond the Ant
arctic circle. New Zealand also IS plan
ming some Antarctic stations, and 1t is
expected that private expeditions VIII
occupy at least two sites on the Ant
arctic continent itself.
Other Nations to Help.
France has arranged for two sta
tions in North Africa. Spain will prob
ablv set I'D stations on the Canary Is
lands. Belgium in the Belgian Kongo,
italy in Somaliland and Brazil in its
own territory. 1t also is likely that
Great Britain will set up station at
Cape Colony, Turkey in Asia Minor
and China in Central China and Mon
golia. The part of the program call
ing for special .meteorolC gical observa-
tions at high mountain stations in the
Arctic is already assured by three es-
tablished stations ten probable sta
tions and four possible stations spon-
sored by Denmark, France, Iceland,
Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and Rus
sia.
The following nations, the Interna-
tional Commission has been assured,
will take part in the enterprise: Aus
tria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria France,
Germany, Great Britain, JapaL Neither
lands, New Zealand, Norway, POND,
Spain, Sweden, Russia and the United
States.
The American Telephone g. Telegl aph
Co. is arranging to extend its earth
current Investigations, now being car
ried on at Tucson, Ariz in co-opera-
tion with the Carnegie Institution and
the Coast and Geodetic Survey to three
other stations-one near New York
City, one near Houlton, Me-. and one