Mr. Priestley, now on the faculty of Cambridge University, 

 was a member of the scientific staff of the British Antarctic Ex- 

 peditions under Shackleton (1907-1909) and Scott (1910-1913), 

 serving as geologist. As a result of the investigations made on these 

 expeditions he has published, in collaboration with C. S. Wright, the 

 report on "Glaciology" in the scientific results of the British Ant- 

 arctic Expedition of 1910-1913, London, 1922, now the most au- 

 thoritative treatment in English of the subjects with which it deals. 

 He has also published a general narrative, "Antarctic Adventure: 

 Scott's Northern Party," London, 1914; "Physiography of the Rob- 

 ertson Bay and Terra Nova Bay Regions," (British Antarctic 

 Expedition, 1910-1913, Reports, London, 1923); and a "Syllabus 

 of a Course of Lectures on the History and Science of Polar Explora- 

 tion, " Cambridge University. With Sir T. W. Edgeworth David he 

 prepared the report on "Glaciology, Physiography, Stratigraphy, 

 and Tectonic Geology of South Victoria Land" (British Antarctic 

 Expedition, 1 907-1 909: Reports of the Scientific Investigations: 

 Geology, Vol. i, London, 1914) in which the chapters " Physiographic 

 Introduction" and "Notes on the General Geological Relations of 

 Antarctica to Other Parts of the World " are of special geographical 

 interest. 



Mr. Wright, at present on the faculty of Cambridge University, 

 was one of the members of the British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Ex- 

 pedition, 1910-1913, serving in the capacity of physicist. As one 

 of the publications of this expedition he has written jointly with 

 Mr. Priestley, the fundamental work "Glaciology," London, 1922. 

 Other reports of the expedition which he has prepared are "The 

 Physiography of the Beardmore Glacier Region," London, 1923; 

 "Determinations of Gravity," 1921; and "Observations on the 

 Aurora," 1921. He has also published "The Ross Barrier and the 

 Mechanism of Ice Movement," Geogr. Journ., Vol. 65, 1925, and 

 (jointly with G. C. Simpson) "Atmospheric Electricity Over the 

 Ocean," Proc. Royal Soc. London, Series A, Vol. 85, 191 1. 



