Correction: “The New North”

In our review of Laurence Smith’s book, “The New North” (“The de-icing age”, February 15th), we stated that the author claimed that a quarter of the Earth lies at latitudes above 45°N. The correct figure is less than 15% and the mistake was ours, not Mr Smith’s.

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