Abstract

The International Commission for the Polar Year 1932–33 held a called meeting at Innsbruck, Austria, September 23–26, 1931, immediately following that of the Commission of Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity. The following members of the International Commission or their duly accredited representatives were present: Messrs. C. F. Brooks (representing J. A. Fleming), D. la Cour, G. van Dijk, H. Dominik, A. H. R. Goldie (representing G. C. Simpson), H. Hergesell, Th. Hesselberg (representing H. U. Sverdrup), J. Keränen, Ch. Maurain, A. W. Sololoff (representing A. F. Wangenheim), and A. Wallen. Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Poland, and Sweden were represented by members of their national polar‐year commissions. The principal matters brought before the four sessions of the Commission were indicated in the report of President D. la Cour, an abstract of which is given below.

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