HOT STORY FROM THE ARCTIC! 30 April 1937

1937 ‘A HOT STORY FROM THE ARCTIC!’, The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW : 1871 – 1938), 30 April, p. 4. , viewed 03 Sep 2021, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102689712#

According to Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a noted Arctic explorer, our conception of the frigid North, and the sizzling Equator is all wrong.
“The Arctic Circle is not the coldest part of the world, and the tropical zone is not the hottest part,” he says.
“Meteorological records reveal that both the hottest spot and the coldest spot are in the so-called temperate zone. Of the several weather stations along the Amazon River, which nearly
follows the Equator, only one has ever recorded a temperature of as much as 100 degrees in the shade, while the weather stations on the Yukon River, in the Arctic, have reported tempera-
tures of more than 100 in the shade.”
But those who still believe the Arctic is cold and the tropics are hot can find plenty of evidence to support their claim.
They can point to the North Pole, which still remains a frozen waste, despite all forms of modern transport.
As for the tropics, those who live there don’t worry about thermometers. They are too busy trying to keep cool.