Abstract
TN his presidential address to Section E (Geography) Prof. F. Debenham discusses “Some Aspects of the Polar Regions”. In spite of an extensive literature on the exploration of the polar regions, there are few sources for a general appreciation of their value to man. The economic aspect is perhaps the best known, since most expeditions of the past have been prompted to some extent by hopes of making discoveries which would ultimately return a profit. Several of the earlier resources, however, were speedily exhausted by the spirit of competition which ruled amongst the different nations. The disappearance of the arctic whale and the reduction in numbers of the fur seal are two instances of this.
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Polar Research. Nature 136, 382–383 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136382b0
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