* I T IS known that the areal distribution of ice in the arctic seas varies greatly from year to year, and considerable work has been done in an effort to find an explanation for this phenomenon in order to d,evelop reliable methods good progress in this respect. As explained by Zubov (1948) the Rus...

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Summary:* I T IS known that the areal distribution of ice in the arctic seas varies greatly from year to year, and considerable work has been done in an effort to find an explanation for this phenomenon in order to d,evelop reliable methods good progress in this respect. As explained by Zubov (1948) the Russian method is based on the premise that “ice drifts along isobaric lines with a speed