Papers on the following subjects of interest to glaciologists were read at this Meeting:
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Berc, H. (Cologne). Ice in furrows (Furcheneis).
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Bossolasco, M. (Milan). Snow research in the Italian Alps.
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Defant, F. (Innsbruck). World-wide conditions which influenced the development of the avalanche catastrophes in January 1954.
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Gand, H. R. in der, and Zingg, T. (Davos). The development of the snow cover in the Weissfluhjoch—Davos region.
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Gasser, O. (Munich). Snow melting and run-off in the Rhine Basin.
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Gemini, F. de (Turin). Temperature and run-off from the Valtournanche Glacier.
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Hoinices, H. (Innsbruck). The influence of glacier winds on ablation.
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Holzapfel, R. (Bad Kissingen). The meteorological conditions of glacier recession.
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Kirigin, B. (Zagreb). Snow conditions in the mountains of Croatia.
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Krasser, L. (Bregenz). Experiences of the Vorarlberg Avalanche Service.
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Lauscher, F. (Vienna). The climatic problems of solid precipitation in the Alps and the Arctic.
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Quervain, M. de (Davos). The problems of snow and ice research.
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Roch, André (Davos). The mechanism of the release of avalanches.
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Roller, M. (Vienna). Normal values of the snow density in the Austrian Alps.
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Steinhäusser, H. (Klagenfurt). Accumulation of snow.
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Tollner, H. (Salzburg). Relationship between glaciers and climatic variation in the Austrian Alps.
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Untersteiner, N. (Vienna). Mechanics of glacier flow.
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Vanni, M. (Turin). Variations of Italian glaciers in the last thirty years.
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Waibel, K. (Feldberg, Schwarzwald). Meteorological conditions for the icing up of high tension cables in mountains.
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Zingg, T. (Davos). Precipitation measurements in the mountains.
Short summaries of the above papers are available in the Society’s library and a report of the Congress with longer abstracts will be published in the Austrian publication Wetter und Leben.
