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

Capt. Wilkins And Pilot Safe At Point Barrow, Says Radio: Silence Of 13 Days Broken When N. A. N. A. Operator Reaches His Goal./Tells Of Many Mishaps./Explorer's Return Trip Foiled By Split Propeller And Weather Conditions.

Bibliographic Details
Format:	Text
Language:	English
Published:	1926
Subjects:	Point Barrow radio Frederic Lewis Earp. North American Newspaper Alliance Detroit Arctic Expedition Fairbanks Alaska return trip fail weather condition split propeller George H. Wilkins Carl Ben Eielson Robert Waskey radioman communication Endicott mountains crash Monoplane Alaskan snowbank Earl Hammond Sandy Smith radio station Howard F. Mason thick fog snowstorm the Detroiter Thomas G. Lanphier army air service gasoline supply earth indicator compass Charles Brower commercial message Leibes & Co. San Francisco Arctic shore Seward air history polar flights Corley P. McDarment U. S. Army Air Service aviation New York Vilhjalmur Stefansson technical advisor northern Alaska Northwest Pacific > History > 20th century Arctic Detroit Eielson Pacific Stefansson Wilkins Barrow
Online Access:	http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/85710

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Summary:	Capt. Wilkins And Pilot Safe At Point Barrow, Says Radio: Silence Of 13 Days Broken When N. A. N. A. Operator Reaches His Goal./Tells Of Many Mishaps./Explorer's Return Trip Foiled By Split Propeller And Weather Conditions.