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Nome Trading Vessel Has
Thrilling Experiences on Trip
To Point Barrow And Beyond
(Continued From Page One)
Captain Pederson closed up his
post at Barter Island and moved
what goods he had on hand to
Herschel Island.
Tom Gordon, well known in
Nome for many years in charge
of the trading post at Barter Is
land, suffered three strokes dur
ing the past year and is now
staying with Charley Brower at
Barrow, where everything is be
ing done to aleviate his suffering
and condition, which is said to
be very critical.
On the return trip to Barrow
from the eastward they met the
Arctic mosquito fleet of seven
vessels, returning to eastward
points from Pt. Barrow. Among
them was Henry Chamberlain, of
the old “Duxbury” Arctic trading
and mining expedition which left
Nome some years ago.
On another small vessel was
Jack Smith who runs trading
stations at Beachey Point, Foggy ]
Island and Colville River. Smith]
formery mined and prospected]
on the Yukon River, but his rovj
ing disposition took him to the'
Arctic slope on a prespecting]
venture, finally giving up the]
mining bug he became a trapper I
and trader and settled down on i
the Arctic coast with his family.
The Trader disposed of some car
go to all these vessels.
It was learned that a Canadian
prospector had drifted into the
country back of Barter Island.
His name was not learned as he
had only recently arrived there.
While the Trader was at Beach
ey Point there was a large Soviet
hydroplane in the lagoon there.1
wtuch was employed in the res
cue work going on for the Soviet
Polar fliers. The plane was sim
ilar to the one that brought Jim
my Mattern to Nome several
years ago from Anadyr, Siberia,
when he was forced down by en
gine trouble on his round the
world flight. The plane was re
leased by the Soviet ice breaker
Krassin Which at that time was
about 200 miles east and north
of Barow in the ice pack.
Back At Barrow
At Barrow on the return trip,
met Trader Morris, wife and two
children, who came there to spend
the summer. Morris has a trad
ing post at Cape Haloat, about
100 males east of Barrow.
When they first arrived at Bar
row the Soviet ice breaker Kras
sin was about 30 miles off shore
making about 5 miles an hour I
through the ice. The vessel was
heading south to meet a Soviet
supply ship from Vladivostok,
which it was expecting to meet
near Cape Lisbourn where the
supplies would be transferred to :
the Krassin which was especially
short of fuel.
The Krassin landed some 60
or 70 drums of gas at Barrow and
other supplies for the planes do
ing rescue work. Jimmy Mattern
took off from Barrow for Fair
banks while the Trader was an
chored at Barrow. A Canadian
pilot and plane was also at Bar
riiw and had been engaged in
rescue work.
Leave Barrow for Nome
After a stay of three days at
Barrow the Trader started on its
return to Nome. Met considerable
ice but nothing to stop its travel
ing. Due to the strong northeast
gales they put into Wainwright
where she remained three days;
then proceeded to Pt. Lay and at
Pt. Hope hove too, three more
days due to heavy seas.
Lying off Pt. Hope at this time
was the Canadian Mounted Po
lice Patrol boat, St. Rock, on her
way back to Vancouver, B. C.,
after a three year survey trip
in Canadian Arctic waters.
Leaving Point Hope, headed
for Little Diomede Island, in
Bering Straits, thence to Nome,
arriv.ng Sipt. 15th, completing a
e.y successful trading trip.
SS NORMANDIE SETS
NEW CROSSING MARK,
LESS THAN 4 DAYS
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NEW YORK. (Ah—The SS Nor
mandie docked, claiming a new
i speed record of three days, 23
hours and two minues from Bi
ship Rock, England, to Ambrose
lightship.
The distance is 2,906 miles. It
was the first time the voyage had
been made in less than four days.
The previous best record wras
made by the SS Queen Mary',
which traveled a slightly longer
distance, 3.097 miles, in four days
seven hours and 12 minutes.
BIG NUGGET
COBALT, Qnt., (Ah —A 250,
OOO-Lb. silver nugget, expected to
yield 5,000 ounces of silver, was
found by two brothers working a
claim near here.
Fame is usually earned by
thinking about something else.
Weather Today
(U S. Weather Bureau)
Cloudy and unsettled weather
prevails generally over southern,
western and northern Alaska
with fog and rain general over
the lower Yukon Valley and
showery conditions in the vicin
ity of Candle and Deering. Fair
weather was reported from east
ern Alaska.
Air pressure is low over Al
aska and the Bering Sea Dis
trict with the center charted at
Bethel. An extensive high ‘pres
sure area is observed near the
end of the Aleutian Islands. The
outlook is for occasional rain for
Nome and vicinity tonight and
Saturday with lower clouds and
some fog. Not much change in
temperature is indicated.
The lowest Nome temperature
last night was 38 and the highest
yesterday 50.
How Mining Claims can be
Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
th, how many, aad the Associa
tion Claim, described in detail, in
pamphlet form, for sale at The
Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
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flight, this carrier plane for Imperial Airways’ dual-plane scheme for trans-Atlantic service is ready
for the small ship which will be carried “piggy-back’r style into the air and launched from the wing.
The object of the novel plan is to allow larger loads in the small machine.
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