METEOROLOGY AT POLE

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29051, 13 November 1959, Page 3

METEOROLOGY AT POLE

Second Year For Scientist

An American meteorologist who spent a year at the isolated South Pole’ station in 1956-57, the first year of the International Geophysical Year, liked it so much that he has volunteered to spend another year there. He is Mr Ed Flowers, of the United States Weather Bureau, Washington, D.C. Mr Flowers arrived in Christchurch on Tuesday and flew to McMurdo Sound last evening. Since his first year at the South Pole he has been working on the collection of data contributed by Antarctic stations. “So far it has just been a matter of collating meteorological in'ormation,” said Mr Flowers yesterday, "but a research unit is operating now and some interesting results should be found soon.” No new projects were planned for this year in meteorological research at the pole station, he said, but the arrival of replacement parts for apparatus used to measure surface ozone would mean that that investigation could be begun there. Mr Flowers said the apparatus had broken down as soon as it arrived at the Pole Station early last year. ' Asked why he volunteered to spend a second year at the South Pole, Mr Flowers said: “I like the work and I like living there. Of course, we had a wonderful team last time.”