Northwest History. Aviation 8. Rescue & Searching Parties, United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: Fairbanks; Alaska; arctic winter; Russian flyers; transpolar hop; Moscow; Hubert Wilkins; arctic explorer; Coppermine river; Northwest Territories; Canada; Beaufort sea; Banks island; missing plane; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Aviation; Arctic; Pacific; Wilkins; Banks Island; Beaufort Sea; Coppermine River
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86028

Arctic Winter Closes On Search For Plane. Arctic Winter Closes on Search for Plane FAIRBANKS, Alaska. — (U.R)— The arctic winter began closing in today as daring airmen continued to search for six Russian flyers who failed to arrive here 11 days ago on a transpolar hop from Moscow. Sir Hubert Wilkin...