Northwest History. Aviation 8. Wilkins' Expedition, United States.

Big Plane Fails To Reach Barrow: Three-Motored Ship Returns To Fairbanks With Compass And Engine Wrong./Load Is Lightened./Soggy Field Makes Take-Off Difficult And Supplies Are Left Behind.

Bibliographic Details
Format:	Text
Language:	English
Published:	1926
Subjects:	Point Barrow Frederic Lewis Earp. correspondent North American Newspaper Alliance Detroit Arctic Expedition Fairbanks Alaska the monoplane Detroiter arctic circle Yukon river Thomas G. Lanphier Charles M. Wiseley radio signals government telegraph detachment cargo weight weather condition Andy Hufford Howard Mason important message Robert Waskey Sandy Smith local wireless sets Eskimo runner Arctic coast the polar ice pack north pole Spitzbergen gasoline supply mission navigating instruments earth inductor compass Northwest Pacific > History > 20th century Aviation Arctic Detroit North Pole Pacific Wilkins Yukon Barrow eskimo*
Online Access:	http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/85707

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Summary:	Big Plane Fails To Reach Barrow: Three-Motored Ship Returns To Fairbanks With Compass And Engine Wrong./Load Is Lightened./Soggy Field Makes Take-Off Difficult And Supplies Are Left Behind.