Abstract
In the final paragraph of my paper “Auroræ and Earth‐Currents” in the June issue of the JOURNAL (39, 103–109, 1934) appears the statement that the results of the British Antarctic Expeditions led Dr. Chree to the conclusion that there is no definite relationship between auroral and magnetic activities. My attention has been called by Dr. C. S. Wright to the fact that this statement is inaccurate unless a very specialized and unusual significance is given to the word definite, since the records of those expeditions do show a certain degree of correlation which is high in some respects. The inadequacy of the reference may best be corrected by quoting from Dr. Wright's report “Observations on the Aurora, British (Terra Nova) Antarctic Expedition, 1910–1913” (Harrison and Sons, Ltd., London, 1921), which was critically reviewed by Dr. Chree prior to publication. On page 34 the report states:“The whole relation between magnetic and auroral disturbances . . . may be stated as follows:
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