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this animal to the equipment of our civiHzation. That done, the 

 meat-producing power of the Arctic lands will be multiplied by three. 

 You will have three pounds of ovibos meat for one of reindeer. 



Pending the actual domestication, it is interesting, of course, 

 although temporarily only academic, to make a study also of any 

 other animal, such as perhaps the yak, which could conceivably 

 capitalize the northern grasslands, or certain parts of them. 



Conclusion 



When we turn away, then, from the layman's conception of the 

 Arctic as a frozen but glorious proving ground for heroes, we come 

 first to that realm of the pure scientist which we all believe in cul- 

 tivating and whose problems have been set forth by many contributors 

 to this symposium. Beyond it, smaller, but important in the economic 

 view of the day, lies the realm of science applied to transportation and 

 to direct development. We have, in this article on resources, touched 

 on only a few of the more obvious lines of research. 



