In the note by Graham, ‘Canada takes steps at both poles’ (Polar Record 25(152): 60), the second half of the fourth paragraph should read as follows: “If the Symons report is implemented, the Commission will serve as the point of contact for all international polar research, broadly defined, both in the Arctic and Antarctic; but the Canada and Polar Science recommendation concerning Polar House appears unfortunately to have been dropped. The task of representing Canada in international affairs will apparently fall to appropriate ministries, such as External Affairs.”