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

Mattern Rests In Arctic Hunt. MATTERN RESTS IN ARCTIC HUNT FAIRBANKS, Alaska. — (U. P.) — Jimmy Mattern paused here today after a flight from Point Barrow that brought no trace of the six Russian aviators missing 12 days on a transpolar flight from Moscow. Mattern flew northeasterly from Point Barro...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1937
Subjects:
arctic hunt
Fairbanks
Alaska
Jimmy Mattern
Point Barrow
Russian aviators
Moscow
Bob Randall
Canadian aviator
Soviet flyers
weather
searching
arctic ocean
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Aviation
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Breaker
Pacific
Randall
Barrow
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86037
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Summary:Mattern Rests In Arctic Hunt. MATTERN RESTS IN ARCTIC HUNT FAIRBANKS, Alaska. — (U. P.) — Jimmy Mattern paused here today after a flight from Point Barrow that brought no trace of the six Russian aviators missing 12 days on a transpolar flight from Moscow. Mattern flew northeasterly from Point Barrow to the 148th meridian, north to the 74th parallel and several hundred miles over the arctic ocean. Bob Randall, Canadian aviator, and several Russian flyers at Point Barrow, were grounded by weather when Mattern left. The soviet ice breaker' Kcassin was sighted from Point Barrow yesterday as it sped to join the searching parties.

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