BASIC RESEARCH OF THE SUN—Dr. Leif Owren, head of the
Physics Department at the University of Alaska, observes particles
being ejected by the sun by studying the radio waves that are gen
erated by those particles and recorded at the University’s Geophysi
cal Institute. The research is made possible through a grant from the
National Science Foundation, the first such grant to the University
of Alaska in the field of astronomy.—Staff Photo
Planes, Jets Impress Natives
Cold Feet
A highly respected native many
years ago ran out of his home after
hurrying to don his parka.
Along with many of his fellow
Villagers, he rart for half a mile
or more to witness a historic event
that was taking place on that par
ticular day.
When he reached the spot, a large
crowd had gathered.
He then noticed that his feet
were getting cold. He looked at
them and found that he was wear
ing only his caribou socks. He was
superbly dressed otherwise.
No self-respecting Eskimo was
ever seen without mukluks outside
of his home.
On the way home he discreetly
avoided the crowd in order not to
embarrass himself any further.
The event: the first landing of
an airplane in that village.
Fast Travel
One day, when airplanes were
still very new in the Arctic, one of
these flying machines brought the
Right Reverend Peter Trimble
Rowe, the late famous Episcopal
Bishop of Alaska.
When the plane took off, one
enterprising young man took out
his dollar watch to time how long
it would take the plane to go out
of sight.
It took seven minutes flat, judg
ing by the best eyesight of one of
the young men.
Incredible! What speed!
The word spread in the village.
“Seven minutes, it’s unbelieveable!”
said the villagers.
Now they think it was very silly
to have made such remarks.
‘Look how fast those jets are
going today," one remarked recent
ly. __
Sun Probe . . .
(Continued from page 1)
The studies are being made at a
period of low solar activity when
there are few solar flares and sun
spots which might obscure results.
One of the things the study might
be able to settle is whether the
aurora is caused primarily by solar
particles entering the atmosphere
or whether disturbances of the
earth's radiation betls allow the
charged particles to come into the
atmosphere.
1
Acording to Dr. Owren, radio
waves from high energy particles 1
take from 20 to 00 minutes to get ■
from the sun to earth. Low energy
particles, the ones that cause auro- i
ras, take from 24 to 36 hours to
get here.
‘We do not solve these complex
research problems overnight. We
may find out some things we set
out to find, but in the process we
may find many new problems,” Dr.
Owren said.
There is much exchange of in
formation from related projects that
are presently underway at the Uni
versity, invcluding the NASA pro
perties of auroral atmosphere study,
the absorption of radio waves study,
the magnetic action study by the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, and
the earth current studies.
There are many facilities at the
Geophysical Institute that are be
ing used for the studies. These in
clude a 60 foot steerable paraboloid
antenna located next to the U. S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey Station,
two steerable 28-foot radio tele
scopes, and several yagi-array an
tennas at the Ballane Lake field
site.
Assisting Dr. Owren in the re
search will be John Jacobs and
Paul Albee.
The riometer data on particle
impact on the upper atmosphere are
being collected at College, Port
Yukon, Kotzebue, and Thule.
Greenland, under a project led by
Mr. R. Parthasarathy.
These solar studies will contri
bute to the international solar radio
research efforts in which a number
of countries participate. They will
particularly help to clcse a time
gap in the solar radio observations
now existing due to lack of studies
between the continental United
States and Australia and Japan.
Dr. Owren joined the Geophysi
cal Institute Staff in 1956 and has
worked in solar radio astronomy at
the University of Oslo, the Carnegie
Institution of Washington, and the
Cornell University where he receiv
ed his Ph.D. in 1954.
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Be Kind
To Orphans
By Howard Rock
Times Editor
(Editor’s note: This article is
factual, but the name has been
changed.)
“You may bring Mumangina to
eat dinner with us today,” My
mother would say.
This was a mild surprise because
I had not even asked mother wheth
er I could bring Mumangina to din
ner. But the remark at once re
minded me that the little girl was an
orphan. I felt elated because my
playmate was going to eat with us.
Mumangina and I were the same
age. As small children we played ’
together. We played hide and seek, ■
tag. and raced against each other. I
Mumangina certainly could run fast
for a little girl.
Ever since I became aware of life
around me, one of the first things
I was taught was never to forget the
lot of an orphan. This was impressed
on me by my parents, my dear old
aunt, and story tellers who told of
many legendary orphans that per
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Letter to Editor
Braille Institute of America, Inc.
Los Angeles. California i
November 9, 1962
Dear Editor:
I wonder if you would be kind
enough to permit me to reprint two
feature articles “Tape Recording—
An Eskimo Fad" and "Hedda Hop
per of the Arctic—Alaska's Cham
pion Hat Designer” — both by
Thomas Snapp—from the Tundra
Times of October 1 and October 15
respectively.
Full credits would be given Tun
dra Times, the author and title.
I would like to reprint them in
braille, in The Braille Mirror,
monthly magazine for the blind.
We have several Alaskan sub
scribers and I know they would be
pleased to read them, as well as
all our other readers throughout
the world.
Thank you very much for this
courtesy,
Sincerely,
Jean Kentle, Editor
The Braille Mirror
CAMOrFLAGE
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or man, takes one of its big
paws and covers its black nose.
One Eskimo hunter, years ago,
had this disquieting experience.
Feeling eerie, he looked behind
him and there was the bear with its
big paw over its nose.
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