THE RIDDLE OF THE WEATHER

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 342, 25 January 1937, Page 5

THE RIDDLE OF THE WEATHER

FORECASTING WORK. SIR HUBERT WILKINS. Problem Bound Up With Ice Movements. Press Association—Copyright. Received 11.30 a.m. London, January 24. Expounding his theory that the riddle of weather forecasting will be solved in the Polar regions, Sir Hubert Wilkins, in an interview with newspaper people, said: “I believe that the whole question, of changing weather conditions in bound up with the ice movements from the Poles. Huge sections of ice break away and drift north or south, affecting the sea currents, which' in their turn affect the world’s weather, bringing tremendous rains and floods, or long dry spells ending in drought. “Then perhaps for years the ico will slowly build up again until huge sections break away, bringing other seasonal changes. I believe that with chain stations on the edge of the ice, not more than 1500 miles apart, so that ’planes could make easy observation between them, it would be possible to study ice conditions so accurately that, the world would know what weather to 'expect.”