Rain 



antarctic, 203 

 (table), 225 

 Rainfall, months of, 129 

 Rations, emergency, 189 

 Recreation, 180-81 

 Regional wind systems, 100-02 

 "Regions of attraction," 144 

 Rejkijavik, wind system, 107 

 Rescue, 191 



Rescuers, signal for, 190, 194 

 Resources 



arctic, 15 



Canadian eastern arctic, 49 



Canadian western arctic, 53 



Fenno-Scannian arctic, 73 



Greenland, 65 



Iceland, 69 



North American subarctic, 57 



Soviet arctic, 81 



Spitsbergen, 73 

 Rivers, U. S. S. R., length, 78 

 Road construction problems, North 



American subarctic, 55 

 Rock formations, 22 



Salinity of water, 39 

 Sanitation, 179-81 



ashore, 180 

 Sea, arctic. See Arctic sea. 

 Sea ice, readings on (list), 199 

 Seasons 



effect on transportation, 50 



lag of, 124 

 Sector principle, 144 



Soviet Union, claims under, 150 

 Shelter, emergency, 188 

 Ships, adaptation to cold weather 



conditions, 12 

 Shirt, 170 

 Shoepac, 162, 167 

 Siberian wind systems 



in east, 101 



winter, 125 

 Signals for rescuers, 190, 19U 

 Sleeping bag, 164 



proper use, 165 

 Smoke, arctic, 115 

 Snow blindness, 182-83 

 Snowfall 



amount, 128 



antarctic (table), 225 



Greenland icecap, 64 

 Socks, 168 



Sounds, hearing distance, 19, 21 

 Sovereignty, 142-45 

 Sovereignty, 142-53 

 Canada, 145-52 

 complications of, 142 

 Denmark, 150 

 Finland, 152 

 ice areas, 142-44 

 Iceland, 152 

 Norway, 151 

 Soviet Union, 148-150 

 United States, 147-148 

 Soviet arctic, 76-83 

 agriculture, 82 

 animal life, 80 

 climate, 79 

 coastal areas, 77 

 industry, 81 

 physiography, 78 

 resources, 81 

 sovereig^nty, 148-50 

 topography, 78 

 transportation, 79 

 vegetation, 80 

 Soviet Union, interest in arctic 



basin, 21 

 Spitsbergen, 70-73 

 animal life, 72 

 climate, 72 

 distance table, 71 

 geography, 70-73 

 ice conditions, 71 

 industry, 73 

 resources, 73 

 topography, 71 

 vegetation, 72 

 Steam fogs, 115 

 Strategic importance of Canadian 



western arctic, 53 

 Subarctic, definition of, 19 



North American. See North Ameri- 

 can subarctic. 

 Submarine operations, clothing list, 



172 

 Summer 



scenes, Jlf-9, 11-12 

 sea fogs, 116-17 



temperatures, noteworthy features, 

 128 

 Sunburn, 184 



Sunshine, direct, lack of, 20 

 Surface wind velocity and direction 

 (table), 137 



