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THE Canadian Government, in close association with the Government of the United States, is planning the establishment of nine meteorological stations in the Arctic. The project will probably take several years to complete, because of the limited period each year during which the sea north of the Arctic Circle is navigable. It is intended that the stations, once established, will be supplied by air. Meteorologists have long felt the need for an increase in the number of stations making regular weather reports in the Arctic regions of the North American continent. The principal requirement is not just for short-lived series of surface observations such as are obtained from expeditions, but rather for the operation of fixed stations making radiosonde measurements of pressure, temperature, humidity and wind over a period of years. The Canadian scheme is therefore expected to provide data of vital importance to general studies on atmospheric circulation and in particular to weather forecasting. This development is of special interest to aviation owing to the increased attention that is being given to the possibilities of inter-continental flying by great circle routes passing over the Polar regions. It is understood that the U.S.S.R. are also anxious to increase the number of meteorological stations in their territory within the Arctic Circle. For this purpose, attempts are being made to develop an automatic weather reporting station that would measure and transmit the values of meteorological elements at regular intervals over a long period.
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Meteorological Stations in the Arctic. Nature 159, 430–431 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159430b0
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