Show cance of polar exploration there is now no question as to the value and importance of polar dis cover their objects are exploration for scientific purposes and the encoe argement of maritime enterprises the main principles have been briefly and clearly set forth by who was one ot of the discoverers ot of franz josef land 1 I 1 arctic re Is of the highest importance for i i knowledge of nature a laws 2 ge research Is valuable as it opens the field to scientific research generally 3 the north pole has for science no greater significance ahn any other point in the higher lati latt tudes audes thus coi tends what the royal geographical society has contended tor for ye year ar that the attainment of the highest possible latitude or of the pole itself lanot Is not the object to be sought but the e of the unknown area with a vie view to scientific results |