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The article reports on the issue of the eight-man weather station that is stationed in a large mass of ice floating in the Arctic Ocean called the Fletcher's Island. In early March 1953, the island, which was under the jurisdiction of the Alaskan Air Command, moved eastward and reached the territories of the Northeast Air Command. The station, therefore, was put under the Northeast Air Command and the employees at the station became naturalized employees of their new command.

This article discusses several books on scientific literature and presents developments in the field of science, as of November 14, 1907. The book "European Animals," by R.F. Scharff, presents the author's account of geographical distribution of animals. W.H. Dudley La Souef, author of "Wild Life in Australia," is director of the Melbourne Zoological Gardens, and has thus had unexcelled opportunities to observe the fauna and flora of this island continent. Another development highlights on a new meteorological observatory, to be erected on Mount Marmolata, the highest point on the South Tyrolean Dolomites, and on the border between Tyrol and Italy.

The article focuses on Lawrence Rotch, founder of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory. The observatory is still maintained from the income of funds of Rotch and his own providing, was an eminently practical scientist, and very resourceful in devising new and useful methods of research that at once established and still maintain this institution in the first rank. Blue Hill is now included within the Metropolitan Reservation, the observatory building on its summit has been thrice enlarged, its technical library is probably the best collection in the U.S. outside of Washington, and the regular observations, continued since 1885 unchanged in both method and environment, constitute a unique series in American meteorology.

The article discusses the importance of weather forecasting in the U.S. as of November 1, 1944. The author focuses on the effect World War II has on the development of meteorology, on measures the U.S. government has undertaken to train meteorologists, and businesses that benefit from accurate weather forecasts. Also mentioned are aviation, weather stations, and building construction in the context of meteorology.

The article offers the author's insights on the description of the people, civil institutions, churches, and the city of Havana in Cuba. The author says that the poetic effect of the scenes within the city have been emphasized by the appearance of the native Indians, whose beauty were strange to the European people. The author notes that the Museum of Natural History is a business-like structure that has the most complete meteorological and astronomical instruments placed in its observatory.