394 POLAR PROBLEMS 



Photography From Aircraft 



Photography from aircraft in the Arctic is not without value to 

 science. It would seem that the aircraft mapping camera affords a 

 very rapid and excellent method of surveying any unknown Arctic 

 areas. It would not be difficult to survey Baffin Island with amphibian 

 airplanes, and there are many other places in the Arctic and Antarctic 

 waiting to be mapped in this way. 



There are some rugged regions in EUesmere Island that it has 

 not been practicable for the foot traveler to traverse. Indeed this is 

 true of many of the more magnificent formations of that ice-chiseled 

 land. Does it not seem reasonable that motion pictures of these areas 

 taken from aircraft will be interesting from a scientific as well as an 

 artistic viewpoint? The same is true of some other parts of the polar 

 regions. It must be remembered that the foot traveler has, as a 

 general rule, followed routes most easily traversed by dog teams. 

 May not aircraft bring back a new idea of some of the more rugged of 

 the Arctic and Antarctic areas? 



Conclusion 



Enough flying has been done in the Arctic to lead us to conclude 

 that aviation has supplied a new and valuable method of polar explora- 

 tion. As it develops and we learn more and more about flying in the 

 Arctic, the scientific data that can be brought back by aircraft will be 

 less and less limited. 



