Prof. G. O. Dyhrenfurth, who will be remembered for his expedition to Kangchenjunga in 1930 is again leading an expedition to the Himalaya, this time to the Karakorum Himalaya. The party, which Marcel Kurz is accompanying as topographer left Genoa, March 25th, and expects to go in by the way of Srinagar, Zoji-La, Dras, Skardu, and Askole to the Baltoro and Godwin Austin glaciers in the neighborhood of which and the Siachen glacier they expect to do their work.