Northwest History. Aviation 8. Wilkins' Expedition, United States.
Polar Vanguard Reaches Nenana: To Test Snow Motros There In Arctic Snows. POLAR VANGUARD REACHES NENANA To Test Snow Motors There in Arctic Snows. Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 26. -- The vanguard of the Wilkins transpolar flight expedition arrived at Nenana today. The snow motors to be used to haul 15 to...
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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/86073 2023-05-15T14:43:22+02:00 Northwest History. Aviation 8. Wilkins' Expedition, United States. Spokesman Review 1926-01-26 Polar Vanguard Reaches Nenana: To Test Snow Motros There In Arctic Snows. 1926-01-26 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86073 English eng nwh-s-8-3-1 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86073 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History Aviation box 8 polar vanguard Nenana snow motors Anchorage Alaska Wilkins transpolar flight expedition Point Barrow subarctic snows Alexander Malcolm Smith commander of transportation Ralph Smith expedition Colville river Alatna pass civilization Bettles Koyukuk river Brooks Arctic ocean Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Aviation Text Clippings 1926 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:16:20Z Polar Vanguard Reaches Nenana: To Test Snow Motros There In Arctic Snows. POLAR VANGUARD REACHES NENANA To Test Snow Motors There in Arctic Snows. Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 26. -- The vanguard of the Wilkins transpolar flight expedition arrived at Nenana today. The snow motors to be used to haul 15 tons of supplies from here to Point Barrow, supply base for the expedition, had already arrived and are to be assembled and tested in subarctic snows. The party has encountered perfect weather. Some snow has fallen but not the kind that was wanted to prove the efficiency of the tractors. Among the severest tests the motors will encounter is the dry flowery snow in the interior and on the Arctic slope, where low temperature prevents thawing. Alexander Malcolm Smith, commander of transportation on the expedition, expressed confidence in the route to be taken to Point Barrow, which is the one followed by the Ralph Smith expedition. The Wilkins party plans to reach Colville river via Alatna pass, a distance of 700 miles. They will make their last contact with civilization at Bettles on the Koyukuk river, where they will swing off west along Alatna pass. Proceeding north they will cross the Brooks range down the headwaters of the Colville to an unnamed river, down which they will travel to the Arctic ocean and then proceed to Barrow. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Barrow Brooks Range Point Barrow Subarctic Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Anchorage Arctic Arctic Ocean Pacific Wilkins ENVELOPE(59.326,59.326,-67.248,-67.248) |
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Polar Vanguard Reaches Nenana: To Test Snow Motros There In Arctic Snows. POLAR VANGUARD REACHES NENANA To Test Snow Motors There in Arctic Snows. Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 26. -- The vanguard of the Wilkins transpolar flight expedition arrived at Nenana today. The snow motors to be used to haul 15 tons of supplies from here to Point Barrow, supply base for the expedition, had already arrived and are to be assembled and tested in subarctic snows. The party has encountered perfect weather. Some snow has fallen but not the kind that was wanted to prove the efficiency of the tractors. Among the severest tests the motors will encounter is the dry flowery snow in the interior and on the Arctic slope, where low temperature prevents thawing. Alexander Malcolm Smith, commander of transportation on the expedition, expressed confidence in the route to be taken to Point Barrow, which is the one followed by the Ralph Smith expedition. The Wilkins party plans to reach Colville river via Alatna pass, a distance of 700 miles. They will make their last contact with civilization at Bettles on the Koyukuk river, where they will swing off west along Alatna pass. Proceeding north they will cross the Brooks range down the headwaters of the Colville to an unnamed river, down which they will travel to the Arctic ocean and then proceed to Barrow. |
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