Table of Contents
Editorial
| From the editor: halfway through the IPY—halfway for an Antarctic traverse | |
| Helle V. Goldman | 1-6 |
Research/review articles
| Wind-driven monthly variations in transport and the flow field in the Faroe–Shetland Channel | |
| Toby J. Sherwin, Sarah L. Hughes, William R. Turrell, Bogi Hansen, Svein Østerhus | 7-22 |
| Organic carbon and microbial biomass in a raised beach deposit under terrestrial vegetation in the High Arctic, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard | |
| Takayuki Nakatsubo, Shinpei Yoshitake, Masaki Uchida, Masao Uchida, Yasuyuki Shibata, Hiroshi Koizumi | 23-27 |
| Iron ooid beds of the Carolinefjellet Formation, Spitsbergen, Norway | |
| Jeremy Mutrux, Harmon Maher, Robert Shuster, Troy Hays | 28-43 |
| Difference in diet and age structure of blue and white Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in the Disko Bay area, West Greenland | |
| Sussie Pagh, Páll Hersteinsson | 44-51 |
| A “radically new method”: balloon buoy communications of the Baldwin–Ziegler Polar Expedition, Franz Josef Land, June 1902 | |
| P.J. Capelotti | 52-72 |
Letters-to-the-Editor
| The role of radio in rescuing the survivors of the airship Italia | |
| Harvey M. Solomon, Philip Cala-Lazar | 73-74 |
Book reviews
| Review of Global outlook for ice and snow, by United Nations Environment Programme | |
| Victoria Lytle | 75-77 |
| Review of On site with Maurice Haycock, artist of the Arctic: painting and drawing of historical sites in the Canadain Arctic, by Kathy Haycock | |
| Dennis Reid | 78-79 |
| Review of Eight men in a crate: the ordeal of the advance party of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955–1957 based on the diary of Rainer Goldsmith, by Anthea Arnold | |
| Klaus Dodds | 80-82 |
| Review of Into the ice: the history of Norway and the polar regions, by Einar-Arne Drivenes & Harald Dag Jølle | |
| Christine Ingebritsen | 83-84 |
| Review of Peer review and manuscript management in scientific journals. Guidelines for good practice, by Irene Hames | |
| Janet Holmén | 85-86 |
| Review of Footsteps on the ice: the Antarctic diaries of Stuart D. Paine, Second Byrd Expedition, by M.L. Paine | |
| T. H. Baughman | 87-88 |
| Review of A complete guide to Arctic wildlife, by Richard Sale | |
| Helle V. Goldman | 89-91 |
Errata/corrigenda
| Errata and corrigenda | |
| 94-95 |
Photo archive
| From the institute’s Photo Library | |
| 96 |
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This journal is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Responsible editor: Helle V. Goldman