POWER FROM THE POLES.
A PROFESSOR’S PROPHECY. LONDON. Sept. 4. Professor E. Debenhum, in bis presidential address to the .geographic section of the British Association Congress, said: Polar regions may be tne future source of power. The Insistence strength and frequency of An arctic blizzards offer stupendous ,energv which is inexhaustible, coal and other sources of power. Ihe future will probably see giant windmills in Antarctica producing power which will be wirelessed throughout the Southern Hemisphere. . Professor Debcnliam drew attention to the northward trend of cruising, and suggested that holiday resorts night ST established at Spitsbergen other Arctic lands Medical research should be financed bv the Rockefeller and similar foundations to determine the value of residence in polar regions in the treatment of pulmonary and other diseases.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 238, 5 September 1935, Page 7
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