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

Supplies Go North To Wilkins' Party. SUPPLIES GO NORTH TO WILKM$' PARTY FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 31. (/P)—Pilot Harold Gillam took off for Barrow at /7:30 a. m. today with a plane load of radio supplies for Sir George Hubert Wilkins' soviet-sponsored search expedition. Gillam was force...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1938
Subjects:
Fairbanks
Alaska
Harold Gillam
Point Barrow
George Hubert Wilkins
search expedition
radio
Cape Halkett
Fairbanks-Barrow flight
Master Sergeant Stanley Morgan
snowmobile
Sigismund Levaneffsky
transpolar flight
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Aviation
Aklavik
Gillam
Pacific
Wilkins
Barrow
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86127
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Summary:Supplies Go North To Wilkins' Party. SUPPLIES GO NORTH TO WILKM$' PARTY FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 31. (/P)—Pilot Harold Gillam took off for Barrow at /7:30 a. m. today with a plane load of radio supplies for Sir George Hubert Wilkins' soviet-sponsored search expedition. Gillam was forced- down near Cape Halkett on a previous Fairbanks-Barrow flight, and was rescued by Master Sergeant Stanley Morgan, who made a 12-hour trip from Barrow in his snowmobile. Wilkins has bases at Barrow and Aklavik in his search for Sigismund Levaneffsky and five companions, missing since last August 13 on a transpolar flight.

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