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PASADENA, Oalif., (/P) — Im
portant research in blood chem
istry and immunology of Arctic
squirrels which was discontinued
last year has been resumed by Dr.
Dan H. Campbell of the California
Institute of Technology, follow
ing arrangements for use of a
new colony of animals in Alaska.
A group of squirrels at Point
Barrow had been under observa
tion by Professor Campbell since
he began his Arctic work late in
f 1947. When the group became de
^ ple;ed, the Caltech Professor of
Immunochemistry arranged to
work in conjunction with the U.S.
Air Force, which has an exten
sive research program in opera
tion at Ladd Field, Fairbanks.
Blood samples are sent to Pro
fessor Campbell by the Aero
Medical group at Ladd Field for
study in his Caltech laboratory.
4 He hopes to determine how a
species of animal common to tem
perate zones can adapt to the ex
treme Arctic conditions and whe
ther his findings can be applied
to human beings living in the area
where temperatures dip to as low
as 60 degrees below zero.
“When we see birds standing on
cakes of ice and polar bears swim
ming in frigid water,” Professor i
Campbell commented, “we feel i
^ that discovery of how they adapt
themselves to such severe condi- j
tions could well be put to use by j
t human beings.”
Even more interesting than ani
mals like the birds and polar
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bears, he said, is the tiny Arctic
squirrel which sleeps six to1 eight
months a year with its body tem
perature near freezing.
This fabulous creature which
plays Rip Van Winkle during Alas
ka’s iciest weather is being stud*
ied by Professor Campbell under
an Office of Naval Research con
tract.
In the frigid wastes of Arctic
Alaska, where human beings bun
dle themselves to outlandish pro
portions, the Arctic squirrel goes
into hibernation in November. It
sleeps with its body temperature
at approximately 34 degrees Fahr
enheit until the following May or
June. During this period the squir
rel’s body mechanisms slow down
accordingly. Dr. Campbell studies
its physiological and biochemical
reactions for comparison with the
metabolism of similar creatures
living in temperate areas.
The sik-sik, as it is called by
the Alaskan Eskimo, takes a very
shallow breath only one to three
times a minute. Its heart beat is
barely detectable. Regeneration of i
blood proteins and blood coagula
tion take place very slowly. Turn
over of body tissue is protracted
and if the squirrel were injured
in some way, it might, die before j
tissue repair was completed.
If the squirrel gets too cold,
however, it starts to shiver, and j
the vibration of its shivering 1
awakens it. Slowly its tempera
ture rises, and the animal may
actually awaken for a short period
of time, followed by a return to
its state of suspended animation.
The animal appears to be quite
cold and is fairly rigid and un
conscious when dug out of its
burrow. If it is taken into a warm
room, it will “thaw out” and in
15 to 30 minutes begin to show
some signs of life.
Professor Campbell’s research j
has already revealed that the j
physical properties of the squir
rel’s blood plazma proteins show i
changes. The squirrel can be im
munized and the antibodies per
sist through the long period of
hibernation.
The Arctic squirrel is known
also as the Parka squirrel and is
used extensively by the Eskimo
in making his dressiest apparel.
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Hottest Man In World Has
109-Degree Temperature
MIAMI BEACH, (iP)—Bernhard
Seiden, 54, was “feeling just fine”
today after battling a 109-degree
temperature that probably made
him the hottest man in the world
last week.
Physicians at Mt. Sinai hospital
were mystified over what caused
the high temperature and how
Seiden survived it with no* ap
parent harmful effects.
A temperature of 107 to 108
usually is fatal, except in some
cases of sun or heat stroke.
Seiden entered the hospital for
an operation to remove kidney
stones. Routinely, a nurse took his
temperature and got 109.
Ice bags, oxygen, alcohol spong
ings, and injections of penicillin,
streptomycin, terramycin and
sulfa were used and after a half
hour the doctors got Seiden’s tem
perature down to 107.
It remained there for three
hours, then began to drop some
more. In 17 hours, it was back
to normal.
The doctor’s didn’t discover the
cause of the high temperature, but
their examination showed Seiden
didn’t need the kidney stone op
eration.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Arriving from Anchorage were
C. Wookeluka, Martin Fanell, P.
Lanchester, John England, J. C.
Shaffer, Henry Humboldt, J. W.
Chapman, Sgt. George P. Brum
mitt, Nicholas Hart, and Paul
Spurlock.
Departing for Anchorage were
D. J. Hartzag, H. J. Bennett, Hank
Drier, Mr. E. Remling, Dinty
Moore, and C. H. Spittler.
Arriving from Moses Point were
Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Knight. De
parting for Moses Point were Eva
Jemweak and Ed Wilson.
Cpl. C. L. Dance and Amey
Wilson departed to McGrath.
Departing for Unalakleet were
L. C. Ferguson and Clara Eakon.
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Big Berlin Building Is No Man's Land
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By TOM REEDY
BERLIN—The cold war has created a new no-man’s-land in
downtown Berlin. It is a 600-room three-story red brick building
labelled by both the Amreicans and the Russians to “too hot ter
handle.”
The Russians hold title to it but won’t use it. The building
stands in the American sector and the Americans won’t touch it.
The Germans eye it sadly. As much as they need such a building,
untouched by bombs, they don’t dare muscle in.
The building was once headquarters for the Russian Zone rail
way system, known as the Reichsbahmn. Big switchboards con
trolled the movements of the elevated trains in Berlin and some •
of the freight and passenger lines surrounding the city.
While East and West were getting along, there was no problem
about the location of the headquarters within the U.S. sector. But
after the split in 1948, the Soviets got concerned and moved some of
the strategic switches into their own sector of the city. Little by
little the building was depopulated.
At the height of the strike, West Berlin railroaders stormed the
building, chased the East police out and took over control of the
switches for several hours. Enraged Russian officers chased them
out at the point of pistols and tommy guns.
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