Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States.

81 at Nome; They Jump Into Sea 81 at Nome; They Jump Into Sea NOME, Alaska, July 2.—(AP)— Nome is only a matter of 145 miles below the Arctic Circle but hundreds of whites and natives plunged into Bering Sea yesterday and today to escape the heat—and the mosquitoes—which followed a week of almost co...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1936
Subjects:
Alaska
Weather Conditions and Climate
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th Century
United States. > Alaska > 20th Century
Arctic
Bering Sea
Pacific
eskimo*
Nome
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/102322
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Summary:81 at Nome; They Jump Into Sea 81 at Nome; They Jump Into Sea NOME, Alaska, July 2.—(AP)— Nome is only a matter of 145 miles below the Arctic Circle but hundreds of whites and natives plunged into Bering Sea yesterday and today to escape the heat—and the mosquitoes—which followed a week of almost constant rain. The mercury touched 81.4 degrees above zero yesterday, hottest in the thirty years of weather records here, and the natives started turning their fur parkas inside out. In cold weather, Eskimos wear the parkas with the fur next their bodies.

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