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

Wilkins Fails Again In Hunt. WILKINS FAILS AGAIN IN HUNT By Associated Press. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 19.— Sir George Hubert Wilkins, noted explorer, landed near Aklavik, N. W. T., today after a fifth unsuccessful 22-hour search flight for the missing soviet transpolar plane. A. Vartanian, Russian...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1937
Subjects:
Fairbanks
Alaska
George Hubert Wilkins
Aklavik
N. W. T.
explorer
missing soviet transpolar plane
A. Vartanian
Russian agent
search
Alaskan coast
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Aviation
Pacific
Wilkins
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86119
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Summary:Wilkins Fails Again In Hunt. WILKINS FAILS AGAIN IN HUNT By Associated Press. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 19.— Sir George Hubert Wilkins, noted explorer, landed near Aklavik, N. W. T., today after a fifth unsuccessful 22-hour search flight for the missing soviet transpolar plane. A. Vartanian, Russian agent in charge of the general search, said the search would continue indefinitely. Vartanian and other Russian representatives here praised Wilkins' flight which took him about 1000 miles north of the Alaskan coast along the 148th meridian.

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