Study North Arctic

Two DARTMOUTH FACULTY MEMBERS and a Dartmouth graduate participated in the recent meeting in Canada of scientists and others interested in the development of the North to complete the outline of a project for the establishment of an Arctic Institute of North America.

The Dartmouth representatives were E. Gordon Bill, Dean of the Faculty; Dr. Trevor Lloyd, Professor of Geography; and Lt. A. Lincoln Washburn '35, USA, of the Arctic Section, Arctic, Desert and Tropic Information Centre, New York City. President Hopkins, though he did not attend this meeting of the group, was present at the first meeting in New York where the project was initiated.

Organization of the international, nongovernmental Arctic Institute of North America is a result of "the growing interest in the sub-Arctic and Arctic of the continent and the expectation of a vigorous scientific and developmental movement in Arctic North America to begin as soon as the war is over."

It is planned that the Institute's study of "our last frontier" will comprise general research into the natural conditions of the North; studies applied to specific problems of the development of the Arctic and of Arctic; and a broad study of the relationships of the Arctic regions to the physical, social and economic problems of the world as a whole.

The project, it is expected, will not only further the "intelligent and orderly development" of the Far North but will also contribute to international goodwill "through a new kind of direct international cooperation." An international Board of Directors will represent Canada, the United States, Newfoundland, and Greenland.