Add to ORKGThe news items include: 1) information on a hydrographic and oceanographic expedition to the Beaufort Sea; 2) a report by Herbert Hanson on his research in western Alaska, undertaken during the summers of 1949 and 1950, concerning the relationships of plant communities to the physical environment; 3) details of "arctic dog disease" and precautions to follow when shipping dog samples south for diagnosis; 4) notes on uranium prospecting in Alaska; 5) notification that copies of microfilms of journals relating to expeditions led by Sir F.L. M'Clintock were received by the Northern Administration Branch of the Canadian Dept. of Resources and Development; 6) results of an tuberculosis survey of the native peoples living in the area to be served ...