The Future Challenge

As one of the last frontiers left to man, Antarctica's five million square miles are relentlessly being covered by air and land. The filling in of the blank on the map, the gathering of valuable scientific research, and the adaptation by man's ingenuity to a stage of permanent habitation with his South Polar environment are, in my opinion, some of the most exciting activities going on at present. The I.G.Y. work has not ceased, and is increasingly bringing a closer understanding of the Polar regions, and is thereby emphasizing their importance to the rest of the world. Although greater mobility in transportation and the unleashing of a terrific programme of scientific research is helping to alter our concepts of Antarctica, the inspiration of the "Heroic Age" of Antartic explorers still persists in the activities of the many nations working to unlock the secrets of the "Great White South."