| Summary: | Search For Eielson Gets New Impetus As Borland Found: Northern Fliers Predict Favorable Weather For Continued Hunt. SEARCH FOR EIELSQN GETS NEW IMPETUS AS BORLAND FOUND Northern Fliers Predict Favorable Weather for Continued Hunt. NOME, Alaska, Feb. 18.—(IP)—The next flight from the ice-bound ship Nanuk to the wreck of Carl Ben Eielson's plane 90 miles southeast of the ship which is marooned in the Arctic ocean at North Cape, Siberia, is expected to bring news of the finding of the famous Alaskan pilot's body. American fliers at the Nanuk anticipated favorable weather today for such a flight. Confirmation of the finding of the body of Earl Borland, 28-year-old technician who accompanied Eielson, was received here last night by Alfred Lomen, manager of the Eieison return expedition, in a radio message from the Nanuk. The body was found five days ago under five feet of snow about 100 feet from the fuselage of the plane by the group of men who had been digging in the area every day weather permitted since the wreckage was found January 25. Pilot Harold Gillam brought the news. back to the Nanuk, late Saturday, when he made a. flight with the Russian airman, Bedrdieff to the temporary camp in the wild storm swept country where Eieison and Borland crashed November 9 while on a flight from Alaska to take furs and passengers off the Nanuk. Nineteen men are working under extreme conditions at the wrecks scene under the direction of tile Russian pilot, Slipenov. Word was received here from Fairbanks that the young aviator's widow, Mrs. Irene Borland, and his sons, Bill 7, and Earl 4, -who have lived all their lives in Alaska, planned to make their, first trip, "outside," accompanying the body to Seattle, the home of Borland's parents. Borland came to Alaska in 1921 to work on the Alaskan railroad. Two years ago he was taken on as a mechanic by Eieison, who was then organizing the Alaskan Airways, the first enterprise of its-kind in the northland.
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