Captain Rough, at one time head of the Service Meteorologique 

 des Armees et de la Marine, is at present a commander in the French 

 navy. He was meteorologist on the Second French Antarctic Ex- 

 pedition, led by Charcot, 1908-1910. To the scientific results of this 

 expedition he has contributed "Observations meteorologiques," 

 Paris, 191 1 ; " Electricite atmospherique, " Paris, 1913; and "Oceano- 

 graphie physique," Paris, 1913. A number of his publications 

 deal specifically with the polar regions; "Le p61e nord: Histoire des 

 voyages arctiques, " Paris, 1923; "Le pole sud: Histoire des voy- 

 ages antarctiques, " Paris, 1921; "L'Antarctide: Voyage du 

 'Pourquoi-Pas?, '" Paris, 1926; and "Les regions polaires, " Paris, 

 1927, a regional geography. 



