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This paper is a synopsis of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Report No. 29. Glaciological and climatic investigations carried out in South Georgia during the International Geophysical Year are described. The budgets of the Hodges and Hamberg Glaciers for 1957–58 are given and discussed in relation to climatic factors. Temperature measurements indicate that the Hodges Glacier, and probably all ice in South Georgia below an altitude of 1,000 m., is geophysically temperate. The fluctuations of South Georgian glaciers during relatively recent times are briefly discussed.

Nasal staphylococci constitute one of the major reservoirs of staphylococci in the hospital. 1-3 Certain nasal carriers disseminate organisms into the environment frequently and in large numbers. These individuals have been termed "disseminators," "dangerous carriers," or "cloud babies" by various authors. 4-6 Previous studies 1,7 have shown that nasal carriers of large numbers of coagulase-positive staphylococci disseminated staphylococci into the environment more frequently than carriers of smaller numbers. The present studies were designed to test if dissemination of nasal staphylococci from carriers of similar numbers of these organisms was dependent on the type of staphylococci carried or upon factors in the host. Materials and Methods Two separate groups of patients were studied. Patients with overt staphylococcal infections or patients treated with other antibiotics were excluded from either study. Carriers were defined as patients with at least two of three consecutive quantitative nasal cultures containing coagulase-positive staphylococci. Carriers were treated with either