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Soviets Surpass U.S. Arctic Effort
By Fred Zimmerman
An expert on the polar regions said yesterday the Soviet Union is better prepared than the United States for any future conflict in the Arctic.
John Hanessian, Jr., American Universities Field Staff representative, made the statement in an interview after his lecture at the Faculty Forum.
"TWO GIANTS—the Soviet Union and the United States—are looking at each other across the Arctic," Mr. Hanessian said.
"If a conflict should occur in that area, much will depend on who knows most about the Arctic, not just on who has the most missiles to send over."
to send over.
Mr. Hanessian said he could not tell how likely it is that war will break out in the Arctic.
"WE ARE DEFICIENT in the North," he added. "The Russians have been working in the Arctic 40 years. They have done a tremendous amount more than we have."
Mr. Hanessian was director of the U.S. program in the Arctic and Antarctic during last year's IGY project. He is lecturing here this week.
HE TOLD the Faculty Forum there are four main reasons the polar regions are significant;
- The economic potential of the areas.
- The possibility of conducting important scientific research there.
- Strategic importance.
- Political significance.
Referring to the "population explosion," Mr. Hanessian said the possibility of using the north polar regions is becoming more probable.
"THERE IS a warming trend in the Arctic. In 50 years the Arctic has warmed 10 degrees. This is very significant in terms of future populations."
Mr. Hanessian said that in the last 15 years nearly all countries had
"Up to World War II, geographers were the only ones interested in Antarctica . Now everybody's interested." He added that most research work in the Antarctic is done now by university research teams.
expressed an interest in the polar areas.
MR HANESSIAN said geophysicists are especially interested in the ice.
They want to know its chemical characteristics. How much is there? How deep is it? How long has it been there? Is it growing or melting, and if so, how much?"
He stated that if all the ice were to melt it would raise the sea level in the world 220 feet.
SPEAKING OF the interests of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. in the Antarctic, Mr. Hanessian said these two countries are doing the most work there now.
"Neither country has ever made a claim to any part of Antarctica. In spite of all the tensions of the cold war, in Antarctica we have had a precisely identical foreign policy with the Russians.
MR. HANESSIAN said the treaty had two important provisions: A complete demilitarization of the Antarctic, and a prohibition of all nuclear explosions there.
"A multilateral treaty we recently signed with them concerning Antarctica is one of only two major international treaties this country has signed with the Soviet Union since World War II."
"And the two countries have developed a unilateral inspection system that's actually workable," he added.
Mr. Hanessian said the physical characteristics of the two polar regions are entirely dissimilar.
"The Arctic is an ocean surroumd by the two most heavily populated land masses in the world. The Antarctic is a land continent surrounded by water on all sides, and there are no major cities nearby."
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Latin America Topic Of Wichita Forum
Thursday, March 23. 1961
Expert Service
"Latin America in Ferment" is the subject of the 1961 Kansas Institute of International Relations meeting which will be held April 7-9 in Wichita. Herbert L. Matthews of the New York Times editorial staff will be one of the speakers.
PEPPERELL, Mass. — (UPI) — A Massachusetts woman artist has given a 178-year-old best seller a new lease on life.
Noah Webster's quaint "American Speller" was first published in 1783. Eventually more than 100 million copies were sold—a record equaled only by the Bible.
Webster Speller Gets New Lease
Several years ago, Mrs. Barbara Cooney Porter, an artist, came across a copy of the old speller. She got the idea of reprinting it, with illustrations, and her modernized speller now is sharing some of the popularity of the original.
Guatemalans to Visit Campus
Green Hall will become an international student barristers union tomorrow when 13 law students from Guatemala visit the campus.
The visitors, who are visiting law schools throughout the country, are sponsored by the International Educational Exchange Service of the Department of State. Traveling with the 13 men are two interpreters.
Judges Picked for Tavlor Book Contest
A three-man panel has been selected to judge the 1961 Taylor Book Collection contest. Entries for the contest, which is sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth M. Taylor of Kansas City, close Monday.
Judges for the contest with a $85-first prize and a $40-second prize will be Harold Orel, associate professor of English; Raymond G. O'Connor, assistant professor of history; and Edward A. Howard, head librarian of the Lawrence Public Library.
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The students will spend the morning visiting law classes. After lunch at Joseph R. Pearson, where they will be staying until Sunday, they will have individual visits with the School of Law faculty. They will witness a session of the moot court held in the courtroom of Green Hall. The Guatemalans will be guests of the International Club at their meeting tomorrow night. Afterwards they are invited to a party sponsored by the Latin-American students.
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The Guatemalan students leave KU Sunday noon and travel to Kansas City. Monday the group will tour the federal prison at Leavenworth.
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