Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States.

Folks See First Boat in Years FOLKS SEE FIRST BOAT IN YEARS POINT BARROW, Alaska, July 20. (AP)-- First to pierce the arctice isolation of Point Barrow in six years, the motorship Patterson was plunging through the ice to the eastward here today. The ship picked its way through the moving ice floes...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1928
Subjects:
Alaska
Ships
Ship building
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th Century
Anchorage
Pacific
Barrow
Point Barrow
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/101584
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Summary:Folks See First Boat in Years FOLKS SEE FIRST BOAT IN YEARS POINT BARROW, Alaska, July 20. (AP)-- First to pierce the arctice isolation of Point Barrow in six years, the motorship Patterson was plunging through the ice to the eastward here today. The ship picked its way through the moving ice floes off the Point Barrow anchorage Wednesday and discharged mail and fruit before continuing to remote and sparsely settled trading posts further east.

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