Oceanographic Atlas of the Polar Seas, Part II, Arctic

in the Far South. Even the claim to be discoverer of the continent itself is disputed more usually between supporters of Britain’s Bransfield and United States’ Palmer, although in the latter case a fellow American, Burdick, has also become a contender. In recent years the Soviet Union, not to be outdone, has uggested that the Czarist admiral von Bellingshausen is the rightful c aimant. However, as Dr. Gould implies, it is surely more important to discuss the future of the area than details of its remote past. In this “the successful co-operation of the I.G.Y. in Antarctica” may not only ensure that its scientific secrets will be uncovered for the good of all, but also that the collaboration so achieved may provide amuch needed example to nations in other parts of the world. TREVOR LLOYD